tarpon (redirected from tarpons)

tar·pon  (tärpn)

n. pl. tarpon or tar·pons

Any of several fishes of the family Elopidae or Megalopidae, especially a large silvery game fish (Megalops atlanticus) of Atlantic coastal waters.

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tarpon [ˈtɑːpən]

n pl -pons, -pon

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a large silvery clupeoid game fish, Tarpon atlanticus, of warm Atlantic waters, having a compressed body covered with large scales: family Elopidae

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Austral another name for ox-eye herring

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any similar related fish

[perhaps from Dutch tarpoen, of unknown origin]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

tarpon - large silvery game fish of warm Atlantic coastal waters especially off Florida Tarpon atlanticus malacopterygian, soft-finned fish - any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii genus Tarpon - tarpons Elops saurus, ladyfish, tenpounder - game fish resembling the tarpon but smaller

Translations

tarpon [ˈtɑːpɒn] N → tarpón m

tarpon

n → Atlantischer Tarpon, Silberkönig m