hook-billed marlin

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hook-billed marlin - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Marlin \Mar"lin\, n. (Zool.)
     The American great marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa). Applied
     also to the red-breasted godwit (Limosa haematica).
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     2. [from marlin spike, the shape of its bill.] Any of several
        marine billfishes of the genera Makaira and
        Tetrapturus, popular as game in sport fishing.
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     Hook-billed marlin, a curlew.
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