marlin

mar·lin ¹

 (mär′lĭn)

n.

Any of several large marine fishes of the genera Makaira and Tetrapturus, which have an elongated spearlike upper jaw and are highly valued as game fish.

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

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mar·lin ²

 (mär′lĭn)

n.

Variant of marline.

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marlin

(ˈmɑːlɪn)

n, pl -lin or -lins

(Animals) any of several large scombroid food and game fishes of the genera Makaira, Istiompax, and Tetrapturus, of warm and tropical seas, having a very long upper jaw: family Istiophoridae. Also called: spearfish

[C20: from marlinespike; with allusion to the shape of the beak]

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mar•lin¹

(ˈmɑr lɪn)

n., pl. (esp. collectively) -lin, (esp. for kinds or species) -lins.

any large saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapturus, with a spearlike upper jaw.

[1915–20, Amer.; short for marlinespike]

mar•lin²

(ˈmɑr lɪn)

n.

marline.

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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

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Translations

MarkusSchwertfisch

macaira

marlin

[ˈmɑːlɪn] N (marlin or marlins (pl)) (= fish) → aguja f

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marlin

marline [ˈmɑːlɪn]

A. N (Naut) → merlín m, empalmadura f, trincafía f

B. CPD marlin(e) spike N → pasador m

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marlin

n → Fächerfisch m, → Marlin m

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