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tarpon

[ tahr-puhn ]

noun

plural tarpons, (especially collectively) tarpon.
  1. a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.


tarpon

/ ˈ³Ùɑ˱èÉ™²Ô /

noun

  1. a large silvery clupeoid game fish, Tarpon atlanticus, of warm Atlantic waters, having a compressed body covered with large scales: family Elopidae
  2. another name for ox-eye herring
  3. any similar related fish
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tarpon1

1675–85; earlier tarpum, trapham, terbum, of uncertain origin; compare Dutch tarpoen; words in various Indian languages of Central America ( Miskito tapam, Sumo tahpam, Rama ³ÙÄå̱è³Ü³¾, Paya ³Ù²¹â€™p²¹³¾ ) probably ultimately < English
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tarpon1

C17: perhaps from Dutch tarpoen, of unknown origin
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To help manage the health of both the tarpon fishery and the hammerhead population, the researchers urge solutions that don't impact either species.

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Setting out into the Gulf of Mexico in threes and fours, fishermen returned with buckets of tarpon and long, streaked snook.

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The work leveraged networks of thousands of acoustic receivers that tracked 200 tarpon over more than five years.

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This is where people go to hunt alligators, fish for tarpon and search for scallops in the shallow waters.

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John Callion, 33, a Marathon tarpon guide, saw the tragedy unfold from his boat and sprang into action to try to save the family, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office 911 call log.

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