Main Entry: pom·pa·no

Pronunciation: \ˈpäm-pə-ˌnō, ˈpəm-\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural pom·pa·no or pom·pa·nos

Etymology: American Spanish pámpano, from Spanish, a percoid fish (Sparus auratus), literally, vine leaf, from Latin pampinus

Date: 1778

1 : a carangid food fish (Trachinotus carolinus) of the western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico; broadly : any of several related fishes
2 : a small bluish or greenish butterfish (Peprilus simillimus) of the Pacific coast of North America