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tarpon|ˈtɑːpɒn|
Forms: 7 tarpom, 8 -oen, 9 -um, 9 tarpon.
[So Du. tarpoen: origin not ascertained.]
The Jew-fish, Megalops atlanticus, a giant representative of the herring tribe found in the warmer waters of the western Atlantic: see jew-fish and Elops. Sometimes extended to the E. Indian species M. cyprinoides (M. thrissoides).
1685L. Wafer Voy. (1729) 321 Of these they make nets for fishing, but only for great fish, as Tarpoms, or the like. 1699W. Dampier Voy. II. ii. 12 The Tarpom is a large scaly Fish, shaped much like a Salmon, but somewhat flatter..with Scales as big as a Half Crown. 1796Stedman Surinam II. 229 A large fish..called tarpoen..which is white, about 2 feet 6 inches. 1888Goode Amer. Fishes 406 The sailors' name for this fish,..is ‘Tarpum’ or ‘Tarpon’. 1901Scotsman 4 Oct. 5/1 The largest tarpon ever captured..weighed 205 lb., and measured 8 ft. and 2 in. in length.
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1887Sporting Life 22 June 2/6 Tarpon fishing is not half so exciting as catching man-eating sharks with a hand-line. 1888Goode Amer. Fishes 412 Tugging at a tarpum-line in the Gulf of Mexico. 1895Blackw. Mag. Aug. 281 He has made a special study of tarpon-tackle during his annual visits to the best tarpon-waters. |