tarpon

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)pən

Noun

tarpon (countable and uncountable; plural tarpons)

1. Any of several fishes of the family Elopidae or Megalopidae, especially a large silvery game fish.

Translations

Anagrams

• parton
• patron

References

1. ^ “tarpon” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
2. ^ “tarpon” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
3. ^ 1910, Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, edited by Frederick Webb Hodge, part 2