Definition of Makaira

1. Noun. Marlins.

Exact synonyms: Genus Makaira
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Istiophoridae, Istiophoridae
Member holonyms: Marlin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Makaira

Majocchi granulomas
Major League Baseball
Major Mitchell
Major Mitchell's cockatoo
Major Mitchell's cockatoos
Majorana
Majorana hortensis
Majorana particle
Majorca
Majorcan
Majorcans
Majorism
Majuro
Makah
Makaira (current term)
Makaira albida
Makaira marlina
Makaira mazara
Makaira mitsukurii
Makaira nigricans
Makalu
Makataimeshekiakiak
Makatea
Makaton
Makayla
Make-make
Makedonia
Makedonija
Makedonska Kamenica

Literary usage of Makaira

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1804)
"It may be added that Piso, in his description of this fish, compares its viscera to those of the tunny. i The xiphias makaira, short-snouted sword-fish, ..."

2. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1860)
"Six inches long: not good state. Caught in Long. W. 22°, Lat. N. 2°. Presented by JB Jukes, Esq. 2. Xiphias velifer. ? Makaira ..."

3. The Genera of Fishes ...: A Contribution to the Stability of Scientific by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1917)
"ACHIRUS FASCIATUS Lacepède was wrongly supposed to be identical with PLEURONECTES ACHIRUS L. Makaira Lacepède, IV, 688, 1803 ; type Makaira NIGRICANS ..."

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