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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pomfret  \Pom"fret\,  n.  [Perhaps  corrupt.  fr  Pg  pampano  a  kind 
  of  fish.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  a  One  of  two  or  more  species  of  marine  food  fishes  of  the 
  genus  {Stromateus}  ({S.  niger},  {S.  argenteus})  native  of 
  Southern  Europe  and  Asia. 
  b  A  marine  food  fish  of  Bermuda  ({Brama  Raji}). 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pomfret 
  n  :  deep-bodied  sooty-black  pelagic  spiny-finned  fish  of  North 
  Atlantic  and  North  Pacific;  valued  for  food  [syn:  {Brama 
  raii}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Pomfret,  MD 
  Zip  code(s):  20675 




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