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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pompano /ˈpɒmpənəʊ/

▶noun (pl. pompanos)

1 an edible butterfish of the west coast of North America. [Peprillus simillimus.]

2 another term for jack1 (sense 10 of the noun).

– origin C18: from Sp. pámpano, perh. from pámpana ‘vine leaf’, because of its shape.

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