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marlin

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Mar=lin

CIDE DICTIONARY

marlinn. 
  •  The American great marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa). Applied also to the red-breasted godwit (Limosa hæmatica).  [1913 Webster]
  •   Any of several marine billfishes of the genera Makaira and Tetrapturus, popular as game in sport fishing.  [PJC]
Hook-billed marlin, a curlew.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

marlin, n. US any of various large long-nosed marine fish of the family Istophoridae, esp. the blue marlin Makaira nigricans.

Etymology
MARLINSPIKE, with ref. to its pointed snout

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