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See also: Pomfret
English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Brama_brama.jpg/220px-Brama_brama.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Stromateus_cinereus_%28imm%29_Ford_53.jpg/220px-Stromateus_cinereus_%28imm%29_Ford_53.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]Perhaps derived from Portuguese pampano, a kind of fish.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pomfret (plural pomfret or pomfrets)
- A fish of family Bramidae, consisting of eight genera and some twenty species.
- Any of several species of butterfishes in the genus Pampus.
- A golden pomfret (Trachinotus blochii).
- A black pomfret (Parastromateus niger).
Derived terms
[edit]- pomfret cake
- silver pomfret
- silvery pomfret (Stromateoides argenteus)
- Atlantic pomfret (Brama brama)
- white pomfret
Translations
[edit]fish of family Bramidae
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See also
[edit]- sea bream
Pomfret on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Stromateidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Bramidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Stromateidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies