The Collaborative International Dictionary
Limosa haematica
Marlin \Mar"lin\, n. (Zo["o]l.) The American great marbled godwit ( Limosa fedoa). Applied also to the red-breasted godwit ( Limosa h[ae]matica).
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.
Hook-billed marlin, a curlew.