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pomphret

pomphret is the alternative form of pomfret.

Meaning of pomfret

Noun

pomfret (plural pomfret or pomfrets)

  1. A fish of family Bramidae, consisting of eight genera and some twenty species.
  2. Any in the genus Pampus (family Stromateidae) of butterfishes.
  3. A golden pomfret (Trachinotus blochii, family Carangidae).
  4. A black pomfret (Parastromateus niger, family Carangidae).

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Forms of pomphret

pluralpomphrets

Questions about pomphret

What is pomphret the alternative form of?
Pomphret is the alternative form of pomfret.

Words near pomphret in the dictionary

  1. pompholix
  2. pompholygous
  3. pompholyx
  4. pomphorhynchid
  5. pomphorhynchids
  6. pomphret
  7. pomphrets
  8. pompier
  9. pompiers
  10. pompilid
  11. pompilids

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