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tarpon

tarpon noun: any of several fishes of the family Elopidae or Megalopidae, especially a large silvery game fish.

tarpon: any of several fishes of the family Elopidae or Megalopidae, especially a large silvery game fish
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Noun

tarpon (plural tarpons or tarpon)

  1. Any of several fishes of the family Elopidae or Megalopidae, especially a large silvery game fish.
    • 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--2021, Edward Stratemeyer, Don Sturdy on the Ocean Bottom
    • 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.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, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2025

tarpon meaning in Tamil

tarpon in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Forms of tarpon

pluraltarpons
pluraltarpon

Origin of tarpon

Compare Dutch tarpoen. Suggestions that the term derives from a Native American term are unlikely.

Words formed from tarpon

Words that rhyme with tarpon

Questions about tarpon

What does tarpon mean?
Tarpon means any of several fishes of the family Elopidae or Megalopidae, especially a large silvery game fish.
What is tarpon in Tamil?
Tarpon in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Tarpon meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tarpon?
Tarpon is a noun.
What is the plural of tarpon?
The plural of tarpon is tarpons.

Words near tarpon in the dictionary

  1. tarpitted
  2. tarpitting
  3. Tarpley
  4. Tarpleys
  5. Tarplin
  6. tarpon
  7. Tarpon Springs
  8. tarpons
  9. Tarporley
  10. tarpot
  11. tarpots

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tarpon (page history and authors); tarpon (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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