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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:
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
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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Tarpon
is always a great word to know.
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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| tarpon (ˈtɑːpən) | |
| —n , pl -pons, -pon | |
| 1. | a large silvery clupeoid game fish, Tarpon atlanticus, of warm Atlantic waters, having a compressed body covered with large scales: family Elopidae |
| 2. | (Austral) another name for ox-eye herring |
| 3. | any similar related fish |
| [C17: perhaps from Dutch tarpoen, of unknown origin] | |
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tarpon
large fish (Megalops atlanticus) of the herring family, 1685, probably from a Native American word. Also called jew-fish.
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