Tarpon

Quick meaning: Tarpon is a noun meaning Any of several fishes of the family Elopidae or Megalopidae, especially a large silvery game fish.

Meaning

Any of several fishes of the family Elopidae or Megalopidae, especially a large silvery game fish.

Example Sentences

You're a lucky guy to be eating anything right now. Instead you might easily be feeding the tunny fish and tarpon, to say nothing of the astronesthes and myctophids--

Donald Trump didn’t struggle to win the Florida town of Longboat Key in 2024. With a median age of 71.5 — only 6% of its residents are under 50 — it’s the sort of retirement community that built up his margin statewide. Think The Villages, but with better tarpon fishing.

Word Forms

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include silverfish, tilefish, elopomorph, footballfish, trout, triggerfish.

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