marlin• Harry tells her you have to pull four, five hours to land a marlin.• Take a boat in search of the swordfish and marlin which offer great sport in these waters.• Annie says she and Dan Ross are going to go marlin fishing.• While the men put them on, he led the fishing-line down from his marlinrodlashed to the after port stay.• Stripedmarlin, one of the most ferocious and swiftest of hunters, often operate in groups of three or four.• The barextends along the left wall with a stuffedmarlinarchedabove it that I suspect was never really alive.• Actually, there was just one fish in the water, and it was marlin.
Originmarlin
(1900-2000)marlinspike“pointed metal tool for separating the threads of rope”((17-21 centuries)); because of its long sharp nose