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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tarpon /ˈtɑːpɒn/

▶noun a large tropical marine fish of herring-like appearance. [Tarpon atlanticus (Atlantic) and Megalops cyprinoides (Indo-Pacific).]

– origin C17: prob. from Du. tarpoen, perh. from a Central Amer. lang.

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