pomfret noun. ['pɒmfrɪt] E18.
[App. from Portuguese pampo + -LET, assim. to POMFRET-CAKE. Cf. POMPANO.]
1. Any of several Indo-Pacific butterfishes of the genus Pampus, much valued for food, esp. (more fully black pomfret) P. niger, (more fully white pomfret) P. chinensis, and (more fully silver pomfret) P. argenteus. E18.

2. Any of several percoid fishes of the family Bramidae. Chiefly N. Amer. L19.
Atlantic pomfret = RAY'S BREAM.

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