: any of several large marine billfishes (genera Makaira and Kajikia) that are notable sport fishes
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From over in Florida’s Dry Tortugas, there’s four-marlins salad with Key West pink shrimp and Key lime-coconut bars.
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John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
It’s been 40 years since Guy Harvey printed the first T-shirt of a marlin at an Oakland Park shop that would spark a multimillion-dollar apparel business and support his other mission at the Guy Harvey Foundation.
—Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2026
From the bridge of their charter boat High Class Hooker, Susanna Pope and her husband can look out at the sparkling 65-degree saltwater off Key West, Florida, and envision customers fishing for marlin, wahoo and mahi mahi.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
Brave the wait, and you’ll be greeted by the scent of simmering garlic, Giants decor, and taxidermied marlin leaping off the walls.
—Becky Duffett, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
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John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
It’s been 40 years since Guy Harvey printed the first T-shirt of a marlin at an Oakland Park shop that would spark a multimillion-dollar apparel business and support his other mission at the Guy Harvey Foundation.
—Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2026
From the bridge of their charter boat High Class Hooker, Susanna Pope and her husband can look out at the sparkling 65-degree saltwater off Key West, Florida, and envision customers fishing for marlin, wahoo and mahi mahi.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
Brave the wait, and you’ll be greeted by the scent of simmering garlic, Giants decor, and taxidermied marlin leaping off the walls.
—Becky Duffett, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
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“Marlin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marlin. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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marlin
noun
mar·lin
ˈmär-lən 
: any of several large saltwater sport fishes related to sailfishes
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