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Any one of several species of marine fishes of the genus Trachynotus, of which four species are found on the Atlantic coast of the United States; -- called also palometa.

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  1. n. Any one of several species of marine fishes of the genus Trachynotus, of which four species are found on the Atlantic coast of the United States; -- called also palometa.
  2. n. A California harvest fish (Stromateus simillimus), highly valued as a food fish.
  3. n. flesh of pompano; warm-water fatty fish
  4. n. any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
  5. n:100 n. flesh of pompano; warm-water fatty fish n. any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico