sarpo
(ˈsɑːpəʊ)
Also 8 sarpoe, 9 sapo.
[a. Sp. sapo, lit. ‘large toad’.]
(See quots.)
| 1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp., Sarpoe, a name given to the fish called by authors salpa. 1884 Goode, etc. Nat. Hist. Aquatic Anim. 251 A form [of the Toad-fish] found only in the Gulf, Batrachus pardus..is known to the fishermen as the ‘Sarpo’ and the ‘Sea-robin’. 1891 Century Dict., Sapo, the toad-fish, Batrachus tau. |