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marlin

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Mar=lin

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun marlin has 1 sense

marlin(n = noun.animal) - large long-jawed oceanic sport fishes; related to sailfishes and spearfishes; not completely cold-blooded i.e. able to warm their brains and eyes;

is a kind of

billfish

is a member of genus makaira, makaira

has particulars: blue marlin, makaira nigricans, black marlin, makaira marlina, makaira mazara, makaira mitsukurii, striped marlin, makaira albida, white marlin

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CIDE DICTIONARY

marlin, n.

The American great marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa). Applied also to the red-breasted godwit (Limosa hæmatica). [1913 Webster]
Any of several marine billfishes of the genera Makaira and Tetrapturus, popular as game in sport fishing. [PJC]

Hook-billed marlin, a curlew.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

marlin, n. US any of various large long-nosed marine fish of the family Istophoridae, esp. the blue marlin Makaira nigricans.

Etymology

MARLINSPIKE, with ref. to its pointed snout

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