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TARPON

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Large silvery game fish of warm Atlantic coastal waters especially off Florida

Synonyms:

tarpon; Tarpon atlanticus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("tarpon" is a kind of...):

malacopterygian; soft-finned fish (any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tarpon"):

Elops saurus; ladyfish; tenpounder (game fish resembling the tarpon but smaller)

Holonyms ("tarpon" is a member of...):

genus Tarpon (tarpons)

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