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pom·fret
I. \ˈpämfrə̇t, ˈpəm-\ noun
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Etymology: alteration of earlier pamflet, probably from French pample, from Portuguese pampo
1. : a deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish (Brama raii) of the north Atlantic and north Pacific oceans that is valued for food; also : any of several closely related fishes
2. : any of several food fishes of the family Stromateidae; especially : an East Indian fish (Stromateoides argenteus) resembling the common harvest fish
II. noun
also pomfret cake
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Etymology: from Pomfret (now Pontefract), municipal borough of Yorkshire, England
dialect Britain : a small black flat confection (as of licorice) |