white marlin

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   small marlin (to 180 pounds) of western Atlantic

   SynonymsMakaira albida

   Broadermarlin

Questions about white marlin

What does white marlin mean?

white marlin means "small marlin (to 180 pounds) of western Atlantic".

What is another word for white marlin?

Close synonyms include Makaira albida. 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 white marlin a common word?

white 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.