Pomfret

3 definitions found

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

  Pomfret \Pom"fret\, n. [Perhaps corrupt. fr. Pg. pampano a kind
     of fish.] (Zool.)
     (a) One of two or more species of marine food fishes of the
         genus {Stromateus} ({Stromateus niger}, {Stromateus
         argenteus}) native of Southern Europe and Asia.
     (b) A marine food fish of Bermuda ({Brama Raji}).


         [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pomfret
       n : deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of the
           northern Atlantic and northern Pacific; valued for food
           [syn: {Brama raii}]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Pomfret, MD
    Zip code(s): 20675