merlin

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɝlɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)lɪn

From Middle English merlone, merlion, marlyon, merlyon, merlinge, from Old French emerillon, esmerillon, from Old Frankish *smiril (“falcon, hawk”), from Proto-Germanic *smirilaz (“falcon, merlin”). Cognate with Old High German smirl (“falcon”), Old Norse smyrill (“falcon”).

merlin (plural merlins)

1. A small falcon, Falco columbarius, that breeds in northern North America, Europe and Asia.

• marlin
• marlion
• marlyon
• merline
• merlion

• pigeon hawk

From "Moesin-Ezrin-Radixin-Like Protein"

merlin (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) A cytoskeletal protein active in the suppression of tumors.

• schwannomin

• Milner, limner

• IPA^(key): /mɛʁ.lɛ̃/

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merlin m (plural merlins)

1. splitting maul: an axe with a long handle, the blade of which is coupled with a broad side that can be used as a sledgehammer.

• “merlin” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).