Akademik

Makaira

noun

marlins

• Syn: ↑genus Makaira

• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Istiophoridae, ↑family Istiophoridae

• Member Meronyms: ↑marlin

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\\məˈkīrə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, perhaps from Greek, feminine of makar blessed

: a genus of large active marine fishes (family Istiophoridae) comprising the marlins

Useful english dictionary. 2012.