: any of several large marine billfishes (genera Makaira and Tetrapturus) that are notable sport fishes
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Koloa Fish Market, Kauai This very popular South Shore market is famous for poke bowls and offers more than half a dozen varieties, from wasabi ahi to smoked marlin.
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Ben Davidson, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2024
Farther out in the Gulf waters, offshore trophies such as tuna, kingfish, sailfish, and marlin prove bountiful game.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2024
One tradition holds that conflicts will be resolved by sending one party into the forest to search for the animal and the other party to the ocean in search of a marlin.
—Michael Lee, Fox News, 12 Nov. 2023
Many people don’t realize that, scientifically speaking, swordfish are not related to marlin or sailfish.
—Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 9 Nov. 2023
Giant fish swim by and check him out—dusky sharks, hammerheads, marlins, silky sharks and swordfish, which have whacked at least one of his fellow divers.
—Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Dec. 2023
One side would go up into the Cyclops Mountains to search for an echidna while the other party would go to the ocean to find a marlin.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Nov. 2023
The prize for catching the biggest marlin overall was $2,769,400.
—Brandon Sneed, New York Times, 10 July 2023
The Atlantic longbill spearfish—a rare relative of sailfish and marlin—is part of the line up as well.
—Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 9 Nov. 2023
Ben Davidson, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2024
Farther out in the Gulf waters, offshore trophies such as tuna, kingfish, sailfish, and marlin prove bountiful game.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2024
One tradition holds that conflicts will be resolved by sending one party into the forest to search for the animal and the other party to the ocean in search of a marlin.
—Michael Lee, Fox News, 12 Nov. 2023
Many people don’t realize that, scientifically speaking, swordfish are not related to marlin or sailfish.
—Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 9 Nov. 2023
Giant fish swim by and check him out—dusky sharks, hammerheads, marlins, silky sharks and swordfish, which have whacked at least one of his fellow divers.
—Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Dec. 2023
One side would go up into the Cyclops Mountains to search for an echidna while the other party would go to the ocean to find a marlin.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Nov. 2023
The prize for catching the biggest marlin overall was $2,769,400.
—Brandon Sneed, New York Times, 10 July 2023
The Atlantic longbill spearfish—a rare relative of sailfish and marlin—is part of the line up as well.
—Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 9 Nov. 2023
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marlin
noun
mar·lin
ˈmär-lən 
: any of several large saltwater sport fishes related to sailfishes
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