Palometa

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Palometa \Pa`lo*me"ta\, n. (Zool.)
     A type of pompano ({Palometa simillima}) that is smaller than
     the Florida pompano; it is common in West Indies. Called also
     the {California pompano}.
  
     Syn: California pompano, {Palometa simillima}.


          [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pompano \Pom"pa*no\, n. [Sp. p['a]mpano.] [Written also
     {pampano}.] (Zool.)
     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}.
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     Note: They have a brilliant silvery or golden luster, and are
           highly esteemed as food fishes. The round pompano
           ({Trachynotus thomboides}) and the Carolina pompano
           ({Trachynotus Carolinus}) are the most common. Other
           species occur on the Pacific coast.
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     2. A California harvest fish ({Stromateus simillimus}),
        highly valued as a food fish.
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     {Pompano shell} (Zool.), a small bivalve shell of the genus
        {Donax}; -- so called because eaten by the pompano.
        [Florida]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  palometa
       n : smaller than Florida pompano; common in West Indies [syn: {California
           pompano}, {Palometa simillima}]