tarpon
[ tahr-puh n ]
/ ˈtɑr pən /
noun, plural tar·pons, (especially collectively) tar·pon.
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
Origin of tarpon
1675–85; earlier
tarpum, trapham, terbum, of uncertain origin; compare Dutch
tarpoen; words in various Indian languages of Central America (Miskito
tapam, Sumo
tahpam, Rama
tā́pum, Paya
ta’pam) probably ultimately < English
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tarpaper,
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tarpit,
tarpon,
tarpon springs,
tarquin,
tarquinii,
tarquinius,
tarradiddle
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British Dictionary definitions for tarpon
tarpon
/ (ˈtɑːpən) /
noun plural -pons or -pon
a large silvery clupeoid game fish, Tarpon atlanticus, of warm Atlantic waters, having a compressed body covered with large scales: family Elopidae
Australian another name for ox-eye herring
any similar related fish
Word Origin for tarpon
C17: perhaps from Dutch
tarpoen, of unknown origin