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Trachinotus falcatus

Permit \Per*mit"\, n. [Cf. Sp. palamida a kind of scombroid fish.]

  1. A large pompano ( Trachinotus goodei) of the West Indies, Florida, etc. It becomes about three feet long.

  2. The round pompano. ( Trachinotus falcatus). [Local, U. S.]