tarpon

Questions about tarpon

What does tarpon mean?

tarpon means "large silvery game fish of warm Atlantic coastal waters especially off Florida".

How many syllables are in tarpon?

tarpon has 2 syllables: tar-pon. The stress falls on "tar". In IPA it is /ˈtɑɹpən/.

What is another word for tarpon?

Close synonyms include Tarpon atlanticus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tarpon a common word?

tarpon is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.