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Tarpon   /tˈɑrpən/   Listen
Tarpon

noun
1.
Large silvery game fish of warm Atlantic coastal waters especially off Florida.  Synonym: Tarpon atlanticus.



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"Tarpon" Quotes from Famous Books



... ones, and some of the public ones are retained by fishermen so as to be ready when the tuna may appear. It might be well for any fisherman to see that a launch is available if the fish should suddenly arrive. Though the tarpon and tarpon fishing are fairly well known, very little seems to be known in England about the tuna, and though I cannot speak from personal experience, it would seem that the sport afforded by the tuna is certainly equal to, ...
— Fishing in British Columbia - With a Chapter on Tuna Fishing at Santa Catalina • Thomas Wilson Lambert
... Especially adapted to tarpon and other ponderous fish are medallions mounted on paper. To do this a half mould is made as described, the skin removed, cleaned, poisoned and replaced in the mould. Then it is backed up with numerous layers of soft paper, well pasted and pressed ...
— Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit • Albert B. Farnham


Words linked to "Tarpon" :   soft-finned fish, tenpounder, ladyfish, malacopterygian, Elops saurus, Tarpon atlanticus


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