单词 | tarpon |
释义 | tarpon /tahr"peuhn/, n. , pl. tarpons, (esp. collectively) tarpon. a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales. [1675-85; earlier tarpum, trapham, terbum, of uncert. orig.; cf. D tarpoen; words in various Indian languages of Central America (Miskito tapam, Sumo tahpam, Rama tápum, Paya ta'pam) prob. ult. < E] |
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