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Marlin

🔄 Synonyms of "Marlin"

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Word	Definition
spearfishnoun	(transitive, intransitive) To attempt to catch a fish using a spear or spear gun.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Marlin"

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Word	Definition
spearfishnoun	Any of the genus Tetrapturus of marlins, a type of fish with the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike bill.
fishnoun	(countable) A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.
fisherynoun	(uncountable) Fishing: the catching, processing and marketing of fish or other seafood.
spikenoun	A sort of very large nail.
needlenoun	A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc.
marlenenoun	A female given name from Hebrew borrowed from German in early 20th century.
marilynnoun	A female given name originating as a coinage.
white marlinnoun	A marlin of species Kajikia albida (syn. Tetrapturus albidus).
striped marlinnoun	Any of species Kajikia audax.
tarponnoun	Any of several fishes of the family Elopidae or Megalopidae, especially a large silvery game fish.
jack mackerelnoun	Any of various edible fish, especially of genus Trachurus, but also genera Caranx, Acanthocybium, and Euthynnus.
jacknoun	A coarse medieval coat of defence, especially one made of leather.
king mackerelnoun	A species of mackerel (Scomberomorus cavalla)
manta raynoun	Any of several very large pelagic rays formerly of the genus Manta, now placed in genus Mobula, with winglike pectoral fins, a long tail, and two fins resembling horns that project from the head.
devilfishnoun	The octopus.
triggerfishnoun	Any of several brightly coloured fish, of the family Balistidae, that inhabit tropical reefs and have an erectile spine on the dorsal fin.
filefishnoun	Any fish of the family Monacanthidae, with very slender bodies.
horse mackerelnoun	Any of several large fishes of many species:
malacanthidnoun	(zoology) Any in the family Malacanthidae of tilefishes.
mackerelnoun	Certain smaller edible fish, principally true mackerel and Spanish mackerel in family Scombridae, often speckled,