marlin : Idioms & Phrases
black marlin
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noun large game fish in the Pacific Ocean; may reach 1000 pounds
Makaira marlina; Makaira mazara.
WordNet
blue marlin
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noun largest marlin; may reach 2000 pounds; found worldwide in warm seas
Makaira nigricans.
WordNet
Hook-billed marlin
- a curlew.
Webster 1913
striped marlin
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noun Pacific food and game fish marked with dark blue vertical stripes
Makaira mitsukurii.
WordNet
white marlin
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noun small marlin (to 180 pounds) of western Atlantic
Makaira albida.