marlin

mar·lin ¹  (märln)

n.

Any of several large game fishes of the genera Makaira and Tetrapturus of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, having an elongated, spearlike upper jaw.

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[Short for marlinespike (from the pointed shape of its snout).]

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mar·lin ²  (märln)

n.

Variant of marline.

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marlin

Noun

pl -lin or -lins a large fish with a long spear-like upper jaw, found in warm and tropical seas [after marlinspike (because of its long jaw)]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

marlin - large long-jawed oceanic sport fishes; related to sailfishes and spearfishes; not completely cold-blooded i.e. able to warm their brains and eyes billfish - giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw genus Makaira, Makaira - marlins blue marlin, Makaira nigricans - largest marlin; may reach 2000 pounds; found worldwide in warm seas black marlin, Makaira marlina, Makaira mazara - large game fish in the Pacific Ocean; may reach 1000 pounds Makaira mitsukurii, striped marlin - Pacific food and game fish marked with dark blue vertical stripes Makaira albida, white marlin - small marlin (to 180 pounds) of western Atlantic