POMFRET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pomfret mean? 

• POMFRET (noun)
  The noun POMFRET has 1 sense:

1. deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific; valued for food

  Familiarity information: POMFRET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POMFRET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific; valued for food

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Brama raii; pomfret

Hypernyms ("pomfret" is a kind of...):

bream; sea bream (any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae)

Holonyms ("pomfret" is a member of...):

Brama; genus Brama (type genus of the Bramidae)