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 fishes2: a small bluish or greenish butterfish (Peprilus simillimus) of the Pacific coast of North America