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GENUS TARPON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Tarpon mean?
• GENUS TARPON (noun)
The noun GENUS TARPON has 1 sense:
1. tarpons
Familiarity information: GENUS TARPON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tarpons
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Tarpon" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "genus Tarpon"):
tarpon; Tarpon atlanticus (large silvery game fish of warm Atlantic coastal waters especially off Florida)
Holonyms ("genus Tarpon" is a member of...):
Elopidae; family Elopidae (tarpons and ladyfishes)
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