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Definition of Palometa
1. Noun. Smaller than Florida pompano; common in West Indies.
Generic synonyms: Butterfish, Stromateid, Stromateid Fish
Group relationships: Genus Palometa
Definition of Palometa
1. n. A pompano.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Palometa
Literary usage of Palometa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Account of the Abipones, an Equestrian People of Paraguay: An Equestrian by Martin Dobrizhoffer (1822)
"THE palometa. The palometa is more formidable to swimmers than any crocodile ;
for its jaws, each of which is furnished with fourteen very sharp, ..."
2. The Fishes of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1896)
"... those on caudal smallest; pectorals dotted. Length 3 inches. Pacific Ocean,
oft" Colombia. Length 2} inches. (palometa, Spanish name of these lishes, ..."
3. Eight Months on the Gran Chaco of the Argentine Republic by Juan Pelleschi (1886)
"The jawbones of a fish called palometa are used as scissors, both for the beard
... The palometa, raya, and yacare are the terror of bathers in the river, ..."
4. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"The genus palometa is distinguished from Peprilus only by the lower fins. ...
The first, P. palometa, reaches a length of 3 inches and occurs in the Pacific ..."
5. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"PERMIT (corruption of Sp. palometa). A West Indian fish, the great pompano ...
also called palometa. See POMPANO. ..."
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