pompano

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English - Turkish
{i} palamut [(Zooloji) ]
(isim) palamut [zool.]
palamut
English - English
Any of various fish, of the genera Trachinotus, Parona, or Zalocys, from coastal parts of the North Atlantic
Any of several species of deep-bodied, toothless, silvery fishes in the order Perciformes (especially in the genus Trachinotus, family Carangidae) inhabiting warm coastal waters worldwide. Some are highly prized as food. Pompanos have small scales, a narrow tail base, and a forked tail. The Florida, or common, pompano (T. carolinus), of the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts, is about 18 in. (45 cm) long and weighs about 2 lbs (1 kg). The African pompano, or threadfish (Alectis crinitis), of the Atlantic and eastern Pacific, is 35 in. (90 cm) long and has long, threadlike rays extending from the dorsal and anal fins. The Pacific pompano (Peprilus simillimus) is in the family Stromateidae
{i} species of fish that lives in the southern Atlantic Ocean
any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico flesh of pompano; warm-water fatty fish
any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
flesh of pompano; warm-water fatty fish
A California harvest fish (Stromateus simillimus), highly valued as a food fish
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
A pompano
palometa
florida pompano
found in coastal waters New England to Brazil except clear waters of West Indies
pompanos
plural of pompano
pompano

    Hyphenation

    pom·pa·no

    Turkish pronunciation

    pämpınō

    Pronunciation

    /ˈpämpəˌnō/ /ˈpɑːmpəˌnoʊ/

    Etymology

    [ 'päm-p&-"nO, 'p&m ] (noun.) 1778. American Spanish pámpano, from Spanish, a percoid fish , literally, vine leaf, from Latin pampinus.
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