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marlin definition

mar·lin (mär′lin)

noun pl. marlin -·lin or marlins -·lins

any of several large, slender, deep-sea billfishes, esp. a bluish species (Makaira nigricans)

Etymology: < marlinespike: from the shape

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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