Pomfret


[pom-frit, puhm-] /ˈpɒm frɪt, ˈpʌm-/

noun, plural (especially collectively) pomfret (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) pomfrets.
1.
any of several scombroid fishes of the family Bramidae, found in the North Atlantic and Pacific.
2.
any of several East Indian stromateid fishes, especially Stromateoides argenteus, valued as food.
/ˈpʌmfrɪt; ˈpɒm-/
noun
1.
a small black rounded confection of liquorice Also called Pontefract cake
/ˈpɒmfrɪt/
noun
1.
any of various fishes of the genus Stromateidae of the Indian and Pacific oceans: valued as food fishes
2.
any of various scombroid fishes, esp Brama raii, of northern oceans: valued as food fishes

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