Associations to the word «Tarpon»

Wiktionary

TARPON, noun. Any of several fishes of the family Elopidae or Megalopidae, especially a large silvery game fish.

Dictionary definition

TARPON, noun. Large silvery game fish of warm Atlantic coastal waters especially off Florida.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats