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pomfret |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pomfret \Pom"fret\, n. [Perhaps corrupt. fr Pg pampano a kind of fish.] (Zo["o]l.) a One of two or more species of marine food fishes of the genus {Stromateus} ({S. niger}, {S. argenteus}) native of Southern Europe and Asia. b A marine food fish of Bermuda ({Brama Raji}). From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pomfret n : deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of North Atlantic and North Pacific; valued for food [syn: {Brama raii}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Pomfret, MD Zip code(s): 20675
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