marlin
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lɪn noun, plural (especially collectively) mar·lin (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) mar·lins.
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 (ˈmɑːlɪn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -lin, -lins | |
| 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 | |
| [C20: from | |
| marline, (less commonly) marlin or (less commonly) marling (ˈmɑːlɪn, ˈmɑːlɪŋ) | |
| —n | |
| nautical a light rope, usually tarred, made of two strands laid left-handed | |
| [C15: from Dutch marlijn, from marren to tie + lijn line] | |
| marlin, (less commonly) marlin or (less commonly) marling | |
| —n | |
| [C15: from Dutch marlijn, from marren to tie + lijn line] | |
| marling, (less commonly) marlin or (less commonly) marling | |
| —n | |
| [C15: from Dutch marlijn, from marren to tie + lijn line] | |
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Word Origin & History
marlin
"large marine game-fish," 1917, shortening of marlinspike "pointed iron tool used by sailors to separate strands of rope" (1626), from M.Du. marlijn "small cord," from marlen "to fasten or secure (a sail)," probably freq. of M.Du. maren "to tie, moor." The fish was so called from the shape of its elongated
upper jaw.
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Example sentences
But the brothers know how to hook marlin-size political symbolism.
After eighty-four luckless days a marlin strikes his bait a hundred fathoms below the boat.
Marlin was in the business of providing management services and making investments.
Trolling with artificial or real squid is a common technique for catching big game fish, such as marlin.
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