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| tarpon atlanticus
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| tarquin
| tarquin the proud
| tarquinish
tarpon
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tarpon has 1 sense
- tarpon(n = noun.animal) tarpon atlanticus - large silvery game fish of warm Atlantic coastal waters especially off Florida; Array is a kind of malacopterygian, soft-finned fish
is a member of genus tarpon
has particulars: elops saurus, ladyfish, tenpounder
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tarpon, n.
1 a large silvery fish, Tarpon atlanticus, common in the tropical Atlantic.
2 a similar fish, Megalops cyprinoides, of the Pacific ocean.
1 a large silvery fish, Tarpon atlanticus, common in the tropical Atlantic.
2 a similar fish, Megalops cyprinoides, of the Pacific ocean.
Etymology
Du. tarpoen, of unkn. orig.
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