Per·mit n.  (a) A large pompano (Trachinotus goodei) of the West Indies, Florida, etc.  It becomes about three feet long. (b) The round pompano. (Trachinotus falcatus). [Local, U. S.]
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  Trachinotus falcatus
       n : large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies [syn: permit]