marlin

Inflections of 'marlin' (n):

marlin: npl (Can be used as a collective plural—e.g. "Marlin have spearlike snouts.")

mar•lin¹ n., pl. (esp. when thought of as a group) -lin, (esp. for kinds or species) -lins.

mar•lin¹ n., pl. (esp. collectively) -lin, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) -lins.

Fishany large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.

mar•lin² n.

Mar•lin n.

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marlin /ˈmɑːlɪn/ n ( pl -lin, -lins)

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

Etymology: 20th Century: from marlinespike; with allusion to the shape of the beak

mar•line n. [Naut.]

Nauticalsmall stuff of two-fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left-handed.

Also, marlin, mar•ling

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marline, marlin /ˈmɑːlɪn/ (less commonly) marling /ˈmɑːlɪŋ/ n

Etymology: 15th Century: from Dutch marlijn, from marren to tie + lijn line

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