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Definition of Pomfrets

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

Meaning of Pomfrets from wikipedia

- Pomfrets are scombriform fish belonging to the family Bramidae. The family currently includes 20 species across seven genera. Several species are important...
- Pampus argenteus, the silver pomfret or white pomfret (or pompano to avoid confusion with true pomfrets of the genus Bramidae), is a species of butterfish...
- Historic District Pomfret Town House, an historic meetinghouse Pomfret, Maryland Pomfret, New York Pomfret, Vermont North Pomfret, Vermont Pomfret, North West...
- The black pomfret (Parastromateus niger) is a species of carangid native to reefs of the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean. This species is very...
- Pomfret is a town located in Windham County, Connecticut, United States, with a po****tion of 4,266 according to the 2020 United States Census. The town...
- Pomfret is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ernie Pomfret (1941–2001), British steeplechase runner John Pomfret (poet) (1667–1702),...
- Golden pomfret may refer to: Trachinotus blochii, an edible pompano fish Xenobrama microlepis, a rare pomfret from the subantarctic Pacific Ocean This...
- Earl of Pomfret (alias Pontefract) was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain created in 1721 for Thomas Fermor, 2nd Baron Leominster. The title became...
- often called pomfrets, although scientifically the term pomfret properly refers to fish of the genus Bramidae. An alternative name for "pomfrets" of the Pampus...
- USS Pomfret (SS-391), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the pomfret, a fish of the seabream family which is a powerful...