tarpon
English
Etymology
Compare Dutch tarpoen. Suggestions that the term derives from a Native American term[1] are unlikely.[2][3]
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)pən
Noun
tarpon (plural tarpons or tarpon)
- Any of several fishes of the family Elopidae or Megalopidae, especially a large silvery game fish.
- 2021, Edward Stratemeyer, Don Sturdy on the Ocean Bottom:
- You're a lucky guy to be eating anything right now. Instead you might easily be feeding the tunny fish and tarpon, to say nothing of the astronesthes and myctophids--
Derived terms
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “tarpon”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- “tarpon”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- 1910, Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, edited by Frederick Webb Hodge, part 2
French
Further reading
- “tarpon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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