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Definitions for Tarpon
[1] a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
[2] a large silvery clupeoid game fish, Tarpon atlanticus, of warm Atlantic waters, having a compressed body covered with large scales: family Elopidae
[3] Australian another name for ox-eye herring
[4] any similar related fish
Words nearby Tarpon
tarpaper, tarpaulin, tarpeia, tarpeian rock, tarpit, tarpon, tarpon springs, tarquin, tarquinii, tarquinius, tarradiddle
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
Word origin for Tarpon
C17: perhaps from Dutch tarpoen, of unknown origin