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▪ I. marlin, n.1
[? Cf. marle.]
‘Applied in the east coast of North America with qualification to any species of curlew or godwit’ (Newton).
1893–6Newton Dict. Birds 367 America possesses two species of the genus [Limosa], the very large Marbled Godwit or Marlin, L. fedoa,..and the smaller Hudsonian Godwit, L. hudsonica.
▪ II. marlin, n.2|ˈmɑːlɪn|
[App. abbrev. of marlinspike, from the shape of the beak.]
A large, marine, game fish belonging to the genera Makaira or Tetrapterus of the family Istiophoridæ, having the upper jaw elongated to form a beak.
1917Vanity Fair (N.Y.) July 62/1 The marlin—Tetrapterus mitsukurii—is sometimes called the Japanese swordfish. 1923D. K. Tressler Marine Products of Commerce 737/1 The marlin (Tetrapterus mitsukurii)..is also called spikefish. 1926Glasgow Herald 24 June 4/5 The extract concerning the loss of a black marlin swordfish, estimated to weigh 600 lb., is one of the most dramatic passages. 1931Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Apr. 301/1 Since then marlin have been taken, on heavy tackle, of 372 lb. 1937Discovery Nov. 357/1 One [swordfish], a black marlin, has been recorded in New Zealand weighing 976 lbs. 1940Nature 6 Apr. 555/2 The black marlin differs from the striped and the blue marlin in the fact that the pectoral fin, when adducted, remains in the horizontal position, whilst in the others it can be brought up flat against the side of the body. 1959Angling Times 13 Mar. 6/3 Madeira has them: the white marlin and the blue marlin. 1970M. Slater Caribbean Cooking 11 Marlin, one of the most sought-after game fish, found in rocks and reefs. |