| 单词 | tarpon |
| 释义 | tarpon in British English (ˈtɑːpən) nounWord forms: plural -pons or -pon 1. a large silvery clupeoid game fish, Tarpon atlanticus, of warm Atlantic waters, having a compressed body covered with large scales: family Elopidae 2. Australian another name for ox-eye herring 3. any similar related fish Word origin C17: perhaps from Dutch tarpoen, of unknown origintarpon in American English (ˈtɑrpən; ˈtɑrˌpɑn) nounWord forms: plural ˈtarpons or ˈtarpon any of a family (Megalopidae, order Elopiformes) of bony fishes; esp., a large, silvery game fish (Megalops atlanticus) with very large scales, found in the warmer parts of the W Atlantic Examples of 'tarpon' in a sentence |
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