TARPON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tarpon mean? 

• TARPON (noun)
  The noun TARPON has 1 sense:

1. large silvery game fish of warm Atlantic coastal waters especially off Florida

  Familiarity information: TARPON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TARPON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large silvery game fish of warm Atlantic coastal waters especially off Florida

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

tarpon; Tarpon atlanticus

Hypernyms ("tarpon" is a kind of...):

malacopterygian; soft-finned fish (any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tarpon"):

Elops saurus; ladyfish; tenpounder (game fish resembling the tarpon but smaller)

Holonyms ("tarpon" is a member of...):

genus Tarpon (tarpons)