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Word entry · 6 letters

tarpon

Best crossword clue

"Silver sport fish"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPart of speech nounSorted anoprtStarts with TEnds with N2 cluesCommon crossword word
1T2A3R4P5O6N

Definitions

  1. large silvery game fish of warm Atlantic coastal waters especially off Florida

Word origin

Compare Dutch tarpoen. Suggestions that the term derives from a Native American term are unlikely.

Used in a sentence

  • You're a lucky guy to be eating anything right now. Instead you might easily be feeding the tunny fish and tarpon, to say nothing of the astronesthes and myctophids--

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Silver sport fish6 letters
02Large game fish6 letters

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