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单词 tarpon
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
tar•pon /ˈtɑrpən/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -pons, (esp. when thought of as a group) -pon. 
  1. Fisha powerful game fish of warm W Atlantic waters, having large, silvery scales.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
tar•pon  (tärpən),USA pronunciation n., pl. -pons, (esp. collectively) -pon. 
  1. Fisha large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
  • English
  • 1675–85; earlier tarpum, trapham, terbum, of uncertain origin, originally; compare Dutch tarpoen; words in various Indian languages of Central America (Miskito tapam, Sumo tahpam, Rama tá̄pum, Paya ta'pam) probably ultimately

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
tarpon /ˈtɑːpən/ n ( pl -pons, -pon)
  1. a large silvery clupeoid game fish, Tarpon atlanticus, of warm Atlantic waters, having a compressed body covered with large scales: family Elopidae
Etymology: 17th Century: perhaps from Dutch tarpoen, of unknown origin
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