English-Thai Dictionary
pompano
N ปลา จำพวก Trachinotus
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
POMPANO
Pom "pa *no, n. Etym: [Sp. pámpano.] [Written also pampano. ] (Zoöl.)
1. 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.
Note: They have a brilliant silvery or golden luster, and are highly esteemed as food fishes. The round pompano (T. thomboides ) and the Carolina pompano (T. Carolinus ) are the most common. Other species occur on the Pacific coast.
2. A California harvest fish (Stromateus simillimus ), highly valued as a food fish. Pompano shell (Zoöl.), a small bivalve shell of the genus Donax; -- so called because eaten by the pompano. [Florida ]
New American Oxford Dictionary
pompano
pom pa no |ˈpämpəˌnō ˈpɑmpənoʊ | ▶noun ( pl. pompanos ) 1 an edible butterfish that lives in shoals along the east coast of North America. [Peprillus simillimus, family Stromateidae. ] 2 another term for jack 1 ( sense 11 ). ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from Spanish pámpano, perhaps from pámpana ‘vine leaf, ’ because of its shape.
Pompano Beach
Pom pa no Beach |ˈpämpəˌnō ˌpɑmpəˌnoʊ ˈbitʃ | a resort city in southeastern Florida, north of Fort Lauderdale, on the Atlantic Ocean; pop. 101, 943 (est. 2008 ).
Oxford Dictionary
pompano
pompano |ˈpɒmpənəʊ | ▶noun ( pl. pompanos ) 1 an edible butterfish that lives in shoals along the west coast of North America. ●Peprillus simillimus, family Stromateidae. 2 another term for jack 1 ( sense 11 ). ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from Spanish pámpano, perhaps from pámpana ‘vine leaf ’, because of its shape.
Pompano Beach
Pom pa no Beach |ˈpämpəˌnō ˌpɑmpəˌnoʊ ˈbitʃ | a resort city in southeastern Florida, north of Fort Lauderdale, on the Atlantic Ocean; pop. 101, 943 (est. 2008 ).
The Wordsmith Dictionary