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Pomfret
Pomfret Pom"fret, n. [Perhaps corrupt. fr. Pg. pampano a kind of fish.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) One of two or more species of marine food fishes of the genus Stromateus (S. niger, S. argenteus) native of Southern Europe and Asia. (b) A marine food fish of Bermuda (Brama Raji).

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- Pomfrets are perciform fish belonging to the family Bramidae. The family currently includes 20 species across seven genera. Several species are important...
- Pampus argenteus, the silver pomfret or white pomfret (or pompano to avoid confusion with true pomfrets of the genus Bramidae), is a species of butterfish...
- The black pomfret (Parastromateus niger) is a species of carangid native to reefs of the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean. This species is very...
- Pomfret is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ernie Pomfret (1941–2001), British steeplechase runner John Pomfret (poet) (1667–1702),...
- Golden pomfret may refer to: Trachinotus blochii, an edible pompano fish Xenobrama microlepis, a rare pomfret from the subantarctic Pacific Ocean This...
- Pomfret is a town located in Windham County, Connecticut with a po****tion of 4,266 according to the 2020 United States Census. The town is part of the...
- Historic District Pomfret Town House, an historic meetinghouse Pomfret, Maryland Pomfret, New York Pomfret, Vermont North Pomfret, Vermont Pomfret, North West...
- Pomfret Pomfret (1823 – 11 August 1902) was an English banker and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1892. Pomfret was...
- The Atlantic pomfret (Brama brama), also known as Ray's bream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a pomfret of the family Bramidae. It is found in...
- Pomfret is a desert town, the site of an old asbestos mine, on the edge of the Kalahari desert in northwest South Africa. It was the administrative centre...