tarpon
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare Dutch tarpoen. Suggestions that the term derives from a Native American term[1] are unlikely.[2][3]
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)pən
Noun
[edit]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--
- 2025 October 27, Joshua Benton, “Nine months later, that body of water down south is still the “Gulf of Mexico” to news outlets”, in NiemanLab[1], archived from the original on 29 November 2025:
- Donald Trump didn’t struggle to win the Florida town of Longboat Key in 2024. With a median age of 71.5 — only 6% of its residents are under 50 — it’s the sort of retirement community that built up his margin statewide. Think The Villages, but with better tarpon fishing.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]fish
Further reading
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References
[edit]- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “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
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Noun
[edit]tarpon m (plural tarpons)
Further reading
[edit]- “tarpon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012