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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

(Zool.)

The American great marbled godwit (

Limosa fedoa

). Applied also to the red-breasted godwit (

Limosa haematica

Hook-billed marlin

a curlew.

White Marlin leaping

marlin ‎(plural marlin or marlins)

Any species of game fish belonging to either of the genera Tetrapturus or Makaira. Every such species has a pointed, spear-like projection of the upper jaw.

game fish