Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A common name of various fishes of the-genus Trachynotus, and also, though less correctly, of species of similar genera. In an adapted spelling the name appears as pompano, applied to Trachynotus and other genera. See
pompano .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Same as
pompano .
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Examples
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Or even better if I felt like walking I would go to pampano tequeria on 3rd for my taco cravings.
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My guess for the food court is the one with pampano taqueria in it.
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Pámpano: pampano, which inhabits the warm Gulf waters off the coast of Campeche, where it is often prepared en escabeche, marinated with pickling spices.
A Guide to Mexican Fish and Shellfish - Part Two: Las Delicias del Mar 2006
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Pámpano: pampano, which inhabits the warm Gulf waters off the coast of Campeche, where it is often prepared en escabeche, marinated with pickling spices.
A Guide to Mexican Fish and Shellfish - Part Two: Las Delicias del Mar 2006
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Pámpano: pampano, which inhabits the warm Gulf waters off the coast of Campeche, where it is often prepared en escabeche, marinated with pickling spices.
A Guide to Mexican Fish and Shellfish - Part Two: Las Delicias del Mar 2006
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The coastal waters yield a variety of fish and shellfish, including shrimp, cazón (baby shark), pampano, esmedregal (black snapper) and octopus.
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The coastal waters yield a variety of fish and shellfish, including shrimp, cazón (baby shark), pampano, esmedregal (black snapper) and octopus.
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Rarely did such an evening pass without a long fight with a leaping pampano or a sea bass: with thirty or forty pounds of desperate muscle at the other end of a hundred-yard line, the song of reel was sweet.
Terry A Tale of the Hill People Charles Goff Thomson
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And beneath the dry surface of the broiled pampano, you'll find a nice layer of fluffy meat with which to run through the attending lake of brown butter
the ulterior epicure ulterior epicure 2010
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And beneath the dry surface of the broiled pampano, you'll find a nice layer of fluffy meat with which to run through the attending lake of brown butter
the ulterior epicure ulterior epicure 2010
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