pomfret

See also: Pomfret

English

Atlantic pomfret (Brama brama), family Bramidae

silver pomfret (Pampus argenteus)

Etymology

Perhaps derived from Portuguese pampano, a kind of fish.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒm.fɹɪt/

Noun

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

Translations

fish of family Bramidae

Arabic:
Gulf Arabic: زبيدي m (zbēdi)
Bengali: রূপচান্দা (rupcanda)
Bulgarian: атлантическа платика f (atlantičeska platika)
Burmese: ငါးမုတ် (my) (nga:mut)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 銀鯧／银鲳 (ngan⁴ coeng¹)

Mandarin: 銀鯧／银鲳 (zh) (yínchāng)
Finnish: pomfretti (fi)
Galician: castañeta (gl) f
Gujarati: પાપલેટ માછલી (pāpleṭ māchlī)
Hawaiian: mukau
Hungarian: aranyosfejű hal
Indonesian: bawal putih
Kannada: ಮಾಂಜಿ ಮೀನು (māñji mīnu)
Korean: 병어 (byeong'eo)
Malay: bawal putih
Malayalam: ആവോലി (āvōli)
Marathi: पापलेट (pāpleṭ)
Persian: ماهی حلوا سفید
Russian: морско́й лещ m (morskój lešč)
Tamil: வெள்ளை வாவல் (veḷḷai vāval)
Telugu: మేవ (mēva)
Thai: ปลาจะละเม็ดขาว
Vietnamese: cá chim trắng
Waray-Waray: sandatan

See also

sea bream
Pomfret on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Stromateidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Bramidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Stromateidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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