'Hook-billed marlin' definitions:

Definition of 'Hook-billed marlin'

From: GCIDE
  • Marlin \Mar"lin\, n. (Zool.) The American great marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa). Applied also to the red-breasted godwit (Limosa haematica). [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [PJC]
  • Hook-billed marlin, a curlew. [1913 Webster]