pompon
9.9
A grey fish from the southern United States coasts eaten for its meat
- noun
- /ˈpɒmpɒn/
- US
:
pompón
- The chef recommended the pompon as a local delicacy in seaside restaurants.
Examples
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During dinner, we enjoyed grilled pompon seasoned with lemon and herbs.
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He pictured her wearing one of those skimpy outfits, kicking her legs up and down out of time with the other cheerleaders, her pompons flying up and hitting her in the face.
Fiction book (1995) -
The fisherman caught a large pompon while casting his net in the Gulf of Mexico.
Synonyms
9.9
A dark grey food fish that lives along the coast from Louisiana and Florida southward
has identical meaning but is the common, everyday name
9.9
A dark grey fish with a deep body that lives in warm Atlantic waters and that people eat
is the same species but named differently in other regions
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pompon for the fish probably comes from the same French word used for a small round thing, like pomme ('apple') made little. So the name compares the fish to a short, round shape, which helps explain why this grey fish is called a pompon.
