Spikebill \Spike"bill`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The hooded merganser. (b) The marbled godwit ({Limosa fedoa}). 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}). {Hook-billed marlin}, a curlew.