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TARPON ATLANTICUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Tarpon atlanticus mean?
• TARPON ATLANTICUS (noun)
The noun TARPON ATLANTICUS has 1 sense:
1. large silvery game fish of warm Atlantic coastal waters especially off Florida
Familiarity information: TARPON ATLANTICUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 atlanticus" is a kind of...):
malacopterygian; soft-finned fish (any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Tarpon atlanticus"):
Elops saurus; ladyfish; tenpounder (game fish resembling the tarpon but smaller)
Holonyms ("Tarpon atlanticus" is a member of...):
genus Tarpon (tarpons)
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