'Stromateus niger' definitions:

Definition of 'Stromateus niger'

From: GCIDE

Pomfret \Pom"fret\, n. [Perhaps corrupt. fr. Pg. pampano a kind of fish.] (Zool.) (a) One of two or more species of marine food fishes of the genus Stromateus (Stromateus niger, {Stromateus argenteus}) native of Southern Europe and Asia. (b) A marine food fish of Bermuda (Brama Raji). [1913 Webster]