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pomfret.

A fish of family Bramidae, consisting of eight genera and some twenty species.

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noun/ˈpɒm.fɹɪt/UK
  1. A fish of family Bramidae, consisting of eight genera and some twenty species.

  2. Any in the genus Pampus (family Stromateidae) of butterfishes.

  3. A golden pomfret (Trachinotus blochii, family Carangidae).

  4. A black pomfret (Parastromateus niger, family Carangidae).

Where this word comes from

Perhaps derived from Portuguese pampano, a kind of fish.

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