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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 Floridaplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


TARPON ATLANTICUS (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 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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