tarpon

English

Etymology

Compare Dutch tarpoen. Suggestions that the term derives from a Native American term[1] are unlikely.[2][3]

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)pən

Noun

tarpon (plural tarpons or tarpon)

  1. 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.

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References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “tarpon”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ^ “tarpon”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  3. ^ 1910, Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, edited by Frederick Webb Hodge, part 2

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French

Noun

tarpon m (plural tarpons)

  1. tarpon

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