Crossword clues for tarpon
tarpon
- Large-scaled game fish
- Big game fish
- Sport fisherman's catch
- Large silvery game fish of warm Atlantic coastal waters especially off Florida
- Game fish
- A silverfish
- Large game fish
- Large fish seen in Gibraltar pond
- Lake is home to river fish
- Two bodies of water both short of fish
- Sport fish
- Atlantic game fish
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tarpum \Tar"pum\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A very large marine fish ( Megapolis Atlanticus) of the Southern United States and the West Indies. It often becomes six or more feet in length, and has large silvery scales. The scales are a staple article of trade, and are used in fancywork. Called also tarpon, sabalo, savanilla, silverfish, and jewfish.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
large fish (Megalops atlanticus) of the herring family, 1680s, of uncertain origin, probably from a Native American word. Also formerly called jew-fish.
Wiktionary
n. Any of several fishes of the family ''(taxlink Elopidae family noshow=1)'' or Megalopidae, especially a large silvery game fish.
WordNet
n. large silvery game fish of warm Atlantic coastal waters especially off Florida [syn: Tarpon atlanticus]
Gazetteer
Wikipedia
The term tarpon can refer to:
- The tarpon, a large, herring-like fish of the genus Megalops
- The Atlantic tarpon, a subspecies of tarpon (Megalops atlanticus)
- The Indo-Pacific tarpon, a subspecies of tarpon (Megalops cyprinoides)
- Tarpon, a codename for application-streaming technology included in the most recent (4.5) version of Citrix XenApp
- Grumman Tarpon, the original name for the British Royal Navys Fleet Air Arm version of the Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bomber
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, more than one ship of the British Royal Navy
- Rambler Tarpon, a 1963 concept car from the American Motors Corporation (AMC)
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, more than one United States Navy ship
- Tarpon, Virginia, a community in the United States
Tarpons are large fish of the genus Megalops; one species is native to the Atlantic, and the other to the Indo-Pacific Oceans. They are the only members of the family Megalopidae.
Usage examples of "tarpon".
He got a strike from a big tarpon, and for an hour the skill and strength of man and beast was pitted in a glorious struggle.
At moments the fighting fury of the fish would throw its body clear of the water in magnificent leaps, and I almost could feel the terrific shakes with which the tarpon sought to dislodge the hook.
As I put strain upon the line suddenly, the tarpon rushed upwards, leaped, and was free.
As his tarpon came alongside his boat, Henderson suddenly reached down and unhooked his prize, releasing it with experienced dexterity.
As it is, he has gotten from the tarpon all that it has to give, so he releases it!
First he landed a tarpon in eighteen minutes, and released it immediately.
He has not the gameness and fight of a tarpon, or any of the big game fish.
A DREARY-FACED man was seated in the smoking room of the Tarpon Club on Forty-sixth Street.
Against the stone front of the Tarpon Club, his gray-clad figure stood like a living target.
The murder of Clark Durton outside the Tarpon Club had been welcome fodder for the presses.
Greek sponge-fisher from the neighbouring Tarpon Springs, the Secatur did big business with his company, bringing in cargoes of queen conchs and other shells from Jamaica and also highly prized varieties of tropical fish.
Perhaps we ought to get off the train earlier, at Tarpon Springs or one of the small stations up the coast.
They could hear tarpon jumping in the mangrove creeks through which the boat was passing.
Miss Jane watched the mullet jump and the tarpon roll, and the silent herons flying up and down the river, and the huge old gator like a cypress log on the far bank.
Ever since, rich Yankees had flocked here in winter migration, pursuing the tarpon, Spanish mackerel, and kingfish, the snook and redfish that flashed through the emerald passes of the barrier islands.