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marlin
mar·lin 1 M0116100 (mär′lĭn)n. Any of several large marine fishes of the genera Makaira and Tetrapturus, which have an elongated spearlike upper jaw and are highly valued as game fish.
[Short for marlinespike (from the pointed shape of the snout).]
mar·lin 2 M0116100 (mär′lĭn)n. Variant of marline.marlin (ˈmɑːlɪn) n, pl -lin or -lins (Animals) 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. Also called: spearfish [C20: from marlinespike; with allusion to the shape of the beak]mar•lin1 (ˈmɑr lɪn)
n., pl. (esp. collectively) -lin, (esp. for kinds or species) -lins. any large saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapturus, with a spearlike upper jaw. [1915–20, Amer.; short for marlinespike] mar•lin2 (ˈmɑr lɪn)
n. marline. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | marlin - large long-jawed oceanic sport fishes; related to sailfishes and spearfishes; not completely cold-blooded i.e. able to warm their brains and eyesbillfish - giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jawgenus Makaira, Makaira - marlinsblue marlin, Makaira nigricans - largest marlin; may reach 2000 pounds; found worldwide in warm seasblack marlin, Makaira marlina, Makaira mazara - large game fish in the Pacific Ocean; may reach 1000 poundsMakaira mitsukurii, striped marlin - Pacific food and game fish marked with dark blue vertical stripesMakaira albida, white marlin - small marlin (to 180 pounds) of western Atlantic |
Translationsmarlin
marlin, common name for open-sea fish related to the sailfishsailfish,
common name for a marine game and food fish, genus Istiophorus, belonging to the family Istiophoridae and related to the marlin. It is named for its high, wide dorsal fin (or "sail"), colored deep blue with black spots.
..... Click the link for more information. (family Istiophoridae) and prized in sport fishing. The best known is the Atlantic blue marlin, Makaira nigricans, found in the Gulf Stream as far north as Long Island. It may reach 1,000 lb (454 kg) in weight. The upper jaw of the marlin extends into a long spike with which it clubs the small fish on which it feeds. The striped marlin, Kajikia audax, of the Pacific reaches a weight of 300 to 400 lb (135–180 kg); the paler white marlin, K. albida, of the Atlantic rarely exceeds 100 lb (45 kg). Marlins are classified in the phylum ChordataChordata
, phylum of animals having a notochord, or dorsal stiffening rod, as the chief internal skeletal support at some stage of their development. Most chordates are vertebrates (animals with backbones), but the phylum also includes some small marine invertebrate animals.
..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, class Actinopterygii, order Perciformes, family Istiophoridae.marlin 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 MarLIN
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marlin
Words related to marlinnoun large long-jawed oceanic sport fishesRelated Words- billfish
- genus Makaira
- Makaira
- blue marlin
- Makaira nigricans
- black marlin
- Makaira marlina
- Makaira mazara
- Makaira mitsukurii
- striped marlin
- Makaira albida
- white marlin
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