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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Permit \Per*mit"\, n. [Cf. Sp. palamida a kind of scombroid
     fish.]
     (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.]
         [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  Trachinotus falcatus
       n : large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies [syn: permit]

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