‖ pamé, a. Her. rare.
(ˈpɑːmeɪ)
[F. pâmé, formerly pasmé, pa. pple. of pâmer, pasmer to swoon:—pop. L. pasmāre for spasmāre, lit. ‘to have a spasm’ (Hatz.-Darm.).]
Said of a dolphin: Represented with gaping mouth.
| 1867 Boutell Eng. Heraldry (1875) 82 If their [Fishes'] bodies are bent, as the Dolphin is generally represented, they are ‘embowed’,..and if with open mouth, ‘pamé’. |