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pomfret

pomf·ret

UK/ˈpʌmfɹɪt/ uncommon

noun

1.

deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific; valued for food

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Origin

Perhaps derived from Portuguese pampano, a kind of fish.

Phrases

  • Atlantic pomfret
  • big-scale pomfret
  • black pomfret
  • ladder-finned pomfret
  • Pacific pomfret
  • pomfret cake
  • Pomfret Center
  • sickle pomfret
  • silver pomfret
  • South Pomfret

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