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Definition of Tenpounder

1. Noun. Game fish resembling the tarpon but smaller.

Definition of Tenpounder

1. n. A large oceanic fish (Elops saurus) found in the tropical parts of all the oceans. It is used chiefly for bait.

Definition of Tenpounder

1. Noun. The ladyfish. ¹

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Definition of Tenpounder

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenpounder

Literary usage of Tenpounder

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Days of a Man: Being Memories of a Naturalist, Teacher, and Minor by David Starr Jordan (1922)
"Splitting it carefully lengthwise we found this to be the fact; and so well preserved was the ancient "tenpounder" that the black streaks along the sides ..."

2. Favorite Flies and Their Histories by Mary Orvis Marbury (1892)
"... sailor's choice; also a nondescript, called a " tenpounder." I never could find any one who knew it intimately enough to give it a Latin nickname. ..."

3. Favorite Flies and Their Histories by Mary Orvis Marbury (1892)
"... sailor's choice; also a nondescript, called a " tenpounder." I never could find any one who knew it intimately enough to give it a Latin nickname. ..."

4. Dampier's Voyages: Consisting of a New Voyage Round the World, a Supplement by William Dampier (1906)
"... are shaped like Mullets, but are so full of tenpounder is Elops sauna; the cavally is the horse mackerel f ..."

5. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Classified and Arranged So by Peter Mark Roget (1911)
"... Parrott -, Krupp -, Gat- ling -, Maxim -, machine- gun ; pompom ; tenpounder. small arms; musket, -ry, firelock, fowling piece, rifle, fusil, cali ver, ..."

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