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marlin

mar·lin [ mrlin ] (plural mar·lins or mar·lin)


noun 
Definition:
 
fish with elongated upper jaw: a large game fish with a very long thin upper jaw, like a spear. Native to: warm regions of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.  Family Istiophoridae.

[Early 20th century. Shortening of marlinspike; from the shape of its upper jaw]
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