marlin : Idioms & Phrases


black marlin

  • noun large game fish in the Pacific Ocean; may reach 1000 pounds
    Makaira marlina; Makaira mazara.
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blue marlin

  • noun largest marlin; may reach 2000 pounds; found worldwide in warm seas
    Makaira nigricans.
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Hook-billed marlin

  • a curlew.
Webster 1913

striped marlin

  • noun Pacific food and game fish marked with dark blue vertical stripes
    Makaira mitsukurii.
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white marlin

  • noun small marlin (to 180 pounds) of western Atlantic
    Makaira albida.
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