Definition of tarpon in English:

tarpon

noun ˈtɑːpɒnˈtɑrpən

A large tropical marine fish of herring-like appearance.
大海鲢
Two species in the family Megalopidae: Tarpon atlanticus, a prized Atlantic game fish, and Megalops cyprinoides of the Indo-Pacific
Example sentencesExamples
- Among these clades are such diverse forms as arawanas, knifefishes, mormyrids, eels, tarpon, and herring.
- Biologists also are in varying stages of research and replenishment of cobia, speckled trout, tarpon, snook, crappie, bluegill and striped bass stocks.
- There are also, in separate sections, adult turtles and big fish like jewfish, tarpon, snook and stingrays.
- That same morning, I was fighting a leaping tarpon on a tropical flat in southern Belize.
- Newspaper reports and pictures indicated an angler took an adult tarpon while surf casting at Montauk Point on 17 August 1997.

Origin

Late 17th century: probably from Dutch tarpoen, perhaps from a Central American language.

Rhymes

parpen, sharpen

Definition of tarpon in US English:

tarpon

nounˈtärpənˈtɑrpən

A large tropical marine fish of herring-like appearance.
大海鲢
Two species in the family Megalopidae: Tarpon atlanticus, a prized Atlantic game fish, and Megalops cyprinoides of the Indo-Pacific
Example sentencesExamples
- Newspaper reports and pictures indicated an angler took an adult tarpon while surf casting at Montauk Point on 17 August 1997.
- That same morning, I was fighting a leaping tarpon on a tropical flat in southern Belize.
- Biologists also are in varying stages of research and replenishment of cobia, speckled trout, tarpon, snook, crappie, bluegill and striped bass stocks.
- There are also, in separate sections, adult turtles and big fish like jewfish, tarpon, snook and stingrays.
- Among these clades are such diverse forms as arawanas, knifefishes, mormyrids, eels, tarpon, and herring.

Origin

Late 17th century: probably from Dutch tarpoen, perhaps from a Central American language.

单词	tarpon
释义	Definition of tarpon in English: tarpon noun ˈtɑːpɒnˈtɑrpən A large tropical marine fish of herring-like appearance. 大海鲢 Two species in the family Megalopidae: Tarpon atlanticus, a prized Atlantic game fish, and Megalops cyprinoides of the Indo-Pacific Example sentencesExamples Among these clades are such diverse forms as arawanas, knifefishes, mormyrids, eels, tarpon, and herring. Biologists also are in varying stages of research and replenishment of cobia, speckled trout, tarpon, snook, crappie, bluegill and striped bass stocks. There are also, in separate sections, adult turtles and big fish like jewfish, tarpon, snook and stingrays. That same morning, I was fighting a leaping tarpon on a tropical flat in southern Belize. Newspaper reports and pictures indicated an angler took an adult tarpon while surf casting at Montauk Point on 17 August 1997. Origin Late 17th century: probably from Dutch tarpoen, perhaps from a Central American language. Rhymes parpen, sharpen Definition of tarpon in US English: tarpon nounˈtärpənˈtɑrpən A large tropical marine fish of herring-like appearance. 大海鲢 Two species in the family Megalopidae: Tarpon atlanticus, a prized Atlantic game fish, and Megalops cyprinoides of the Indo-Pacific Example sentencesExamples Newspaper reports and pictures indicated an angler took an adult tarpon while surf casting at Montauk Point on 17 August 1997. That same morning, I was fighting a leaping tarpon on a tropical flat in southern Belize. Biologists also are in varying stages of research and replenishment of cobia, speckled trout, tarpon, snook, crappie, bluegill and striped bass stocks. There are also, in separate sections, adult turtles and big fish like jewfish, tarpon, snook and stingrays. Among these clades are such diverse forms as arawanas, knifefishes, mormyrids, eels, tarpon, and herring. Origin Late 17th century: probably from Dutch tarpoen, perhaps from a Central American language.
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