| NOUN | animal | marlin | large long-jawed oceanic sport fishes |
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| Sounds | maa'rlahn; maa'rlihn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Adrenalin ... zeppelin / Zeppelin: 223 rhymes with ihn... | ||
| Meaning | large long-jawed oceanic sport fishes; related to sailfishes and spearfishes; not completely cold-blooded i.e. able to warm / warm their brains and eyes. | |
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| Member of | Makaira, genus Makaira | marlins |
| Narrower | black marlin, Makaira mazara, Makaira marlina | large game fish in the Pacific Ocean |
| blue marlin, Makaira nigricans | largest marlin | |
| striped marlin, Makaira mitsukurii | Pacific food and game fish marked with dark blue vertical stripes | |
| white marlin, Makaira albida | small marlin (to 180 pounds) of western Atlantic | |
| Broader | billfish | giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw |
| Catalan | istiofòrids | |
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