Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any species of game fish belonging to either of the genera Tetrapturus or Makaira, with a crested dorsal fin and a pointed, spear-like projection of the upper jaw.

    Speerfisch, Fächerfisch, Marline

    марли́нmarlín

More definitions
  • large long-jawed oceanic sport fishes; related to sailfishes and spearfishes; not completely cold-blooded i.e. able to warm their brains and eyes

Examples

3 sentences
  1. I saw a marlin.

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  2. Did you catch any marlin?

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  3. The Sargasso Sea is a spawning site for threatened and endangered eels, as well as white marlin, porbeagle shark, and dolphinfish.

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Translations

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game fish with a pointed upper jaw:
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Origin

A contraction of marlinspike, named so because of its pointed snout.

A contraction of marlinspike, named so because of its pointed snout.

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Forms

plural: marlin / marlins
Singularmarlin
Pluralmarlin / marlins

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

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