[pom-puh-noh] 
) -no, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -nos. | 1. | a deep-bodied food fish, Trachinotus carolinus, inhabiting waters off the South Atlantic and Gulf states. |
| 2. | a food fish, Preprilus simillimus, of California. |
| 3. | coquina. |
[koh-kee-nuh] | 1. | Also called pompano, butterfly-shell clam. a small clam, Donax variabilis, abundant in the intertidal zone of eastern and southern U.S. coastal beaches, having fanlike bands of various hues, the paired empty shells often spread in a butterfly shape. |
| 2. | any similar clam, esp. of the genus Donax. |
| 3. | a soft, whitish rock made up of fragments of marine shells and coral, used as a building material. |
| pom·pa·no (pŏm'pə-nō') n. pl. pompano or pom·pa·nos Any of several marine food fishes of the genus Trachinotus, especially T. carolinus, of tropical and temperate Atlantic waters, having a silvery oblong body with a bluish back. [American Spanish pámpano, any of several kinds of fish, from Spanish, vine tendril, a kind of fish with golden markings, from Latin pampinus, vine tendril.] |
| coquina (kō-kē'nə) Pronunciation Key
A soft porous limestone, composed of shells and fragments of shell and coral that are partially cemented by material that is high in calcium carbonate and has not completely hardened. |