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tarpon (iou)



tarpon noun. L17.
[Prob. from Dutch tarpoen, perh. ult. from a Central American language.]
A large silvery game-fish with a bluish back, Tarpon atlanticus, of the tropical Atlantic. Also, a similar Indo-Pacific fish, Megalops cyprinoides.