English Explanatory Dictionary

pomfret

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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).
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A number of places in the United States:
  3. A town in Windham County, Connecticut.
  4. A census-designated place in Charles County, Maryland.
  5. A town in Chautauqua County, New York.
  6. A town in Windsor County, Vermont.
  7. A town in North West province, South Africa.

Pronunciation

/ˈpɒm.fɹɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pomfret.wav /ˈpʌmfɹɪt/

Word forms

pomfret pomfrets

Etymology

Perhaps derived from Portuguese pampano, a kind of fish.

Related words

pomfred

Derived words

Atlantic pomfret big-scale pomfret black pomfret ladder-finned pomfret Pacific pomfret pomfret cake sickle pomfret silver pomfret silvery pomfret white pomfret Woodward's pomfret
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