marlin (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[marlin 词源字典]
large marine game-fish, 1917, shortening of marlinspike fish (1907), from marlinspike, name of a pointed iron tool used by sailors (see marlinspike). The fish was so called from the shape of its elongated upper jaw.[marlin etymology, marlin origin, 英语词源]
maxilla (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
"jaw, jawbone," 1670s, from Latin maxilla "upper jaw," diminutive of mala "jaw, cheekbone." "Maxilla stands to mala as axilla, 'armpit,' stands to ala 'wing'" [Klein]. Related: Maxillar; maxilliform.
swordfish (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
late 15c., swerdfysche (in a recipe), from sword + fish (n.). So called for its elongated upper jaw.
colubridyoudaoicibaDictYouDict
"A snake of a very large family (Colubridae) which includes the majority of harmless species, such as grass snakes and garter snakes. The few venomous species have grooved fangs in the rear of the upper jaw", Late 19th century: from modern Latin Colubridae (plural), from Latin coluber 'snake'.
supramaxillayoudaoicibaDictYouDict
" Anatomy the maxilla or upper jaw (now disused )", Late 19th cent..