marlin

¹ American  

[mahr-lin] / ˈmɑr lɪn /

noun

plural

marlin,

plural

marlins

1. any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.

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Marlin ² American  

[mahr-lin] / ˈmɑr lɪn /

noun

1. a male given name.

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marlin British  

/ ˈmɑːlɪn /

noun

1. Also called: spearfish.  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

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Etymology

Origin of marlin

1915–20, short for marlinespike

Example Sentences

But when he comes to feed, truly hungry, purple stripes show on his sides as on a marlin.

From Literature

Basically it looked like a chair on a deep-sea boat, that you would sit in if you wanted to hunt shark or marlin or sea monsters.

From Literature

The gleaming sportfisherman was tied stem-first to a wooden dock, where a monster blue marlin hung glassyeyed from a tall pole.

From Literature

It didn’t occur to Santiago to let the marlin go.

From Literature

One hundred fathoms down a marlin was eating the sardines that covered the point and the shank of the hook where the hand-forged hook projected from the head of the small tuna.

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