Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pompano \Pom"pa*no\, n. [Sp. p['a]mpano.] [Written also
   {pampano}.] (Zo["o]l.)
   1. Any one of several species of marine fishes of the genus
      {Trachynotus}, of which four species are found on the
      Atlantic coast of the United States; -- called also
      {palometa}.

   Note: They have a brilliant silvery or golden luster, and are
         highly esteemed as food fishes. The round pompano ({T.
         thomboides}) and the Carolina pompano ({T. Carolinus})
         are the most common. Other species occur on the Pacific
         coast.

   2. A California harvest fish ({Stromateus simillimus}),
      highly valued as a food fish.

   {Pompano shell} (Zo["o]l.), a small bivalve shell of the
      genus {Donax}; -- so called because eaten by the pompano.
      [Florida]