"tarpon" meaning in English

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      "derived": [
        {
          "taxonomic": "Megalops atlanticus",
          "word": "Atlantic tarpon"
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        {
          "word": "Indo-Pacific tarpon"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Megalops cyprinoides",
          "word": "Pacific tarpon"
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          "word": "tarpó"
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          "sense": "fish",
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          "word": "tarpon"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "fish",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "pirapema"
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          "sense": "fish",
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          "word": "tarpão"
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          "word": "camurupim"
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          "roman": "tarpón",
          "sense": "fish",
          "word": "тарпо́н"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "fish",
          "word": "sábalo"
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          "sense": "fish",
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          "word": "tarpon"
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      "rhymes": "-ɑː(ɹ)pən"
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      "taxonomic": "Megalops cyprinoides",
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      "word": "tarpó"
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      "sense": "fish",
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      "word": "pirapema"
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      "sense": "fish",
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      "word": "tarpão"
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      "roman": "tarpón",
      "sense": "fish",
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      "sense": "fish",
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