tarpum

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tarpum (plural tarpums)

1. A large marine fish (Atlantic tarpon), of species Megalops atlanticus, of the southern United States and the West Indies, with large silvery scales.

• (Megalops atlanticus): sabalo, savanilla, silverfish, silverking/silver king, tarpon

•   Megalops atlanticus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
•   Megalops atlanticus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
•   Megalops atlanticus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• “tarpum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.. Note the apparent misspelling of the genus name.