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Definition of Pomatomidae
1. Noun. Food and game fishes related to pompanos.
Exact synonyms: Family Pomatomidae
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Order Perciformes, Order Percomorphi, Perciformes, Percomorphi
Member holonyms: Genus Pomatomus, Pomatomus
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Order Perciformes, Order Percomorphi, Perciformes, Percomorphi
Member holonyms: Genus Pomatomus, Pomatomus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pomatomidae
Literary usage of Pomatomidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1911)
"The bluefish (family pomatomidae) is one of the valuable f<x>d fishes of our
Atlantic coast. It is a voracious, carnivorous fish, and apparently loves to ..."
2. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"433 panamensis, 432 productus, 433 ramosus, 433 pomatomidae, 320 Pomatomus
saltatrix, 320 Pom frets, ..."
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