Pomfret (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural (especially collectively) pom·fret, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) pom·frets.
  1. any of several scombroid fishes of the family Bramidae, found in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
  2. any of several East Indian stromateid fishes, especially Stromateoides argenteus, valued as food.
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  1. a small black rounded confection of liquorice
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  1. any of various fishes of the genus Stromateidae of the Indian and Pacific oceans: valued as food fishes
  2. any of various scombroid fishes, esp Brama raii, of northern oceans: valued as food fishes
Pomfret (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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