Dictionary
tar•pon
Pronunciation: (tär'pun), [key]—
n.,
—pl. -pons, (esp. collectively) -pon.
a large, powerful game fish,
Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
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