blue marlin

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   largest marlin; may reach 2000 pounds; found worldwide in warm seas

   SynonymsMakaira nigricans

   Broadermarlin

Questions about blue marlin

What does blue marlin mean?

blue marlin means "largest marlin; may reach 2000 pounds; found worldwide in warm seas".

What is another word for blue marlin?

Close synonyms include Makaira nigricans. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is blue marlin a common word?

blue marlin is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.