branzino

[ bron-zee-noh ]

/ brɒnˈzi noʊ /

noun, plural bran·zi·nos.

a silvery sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax, found in the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Black Sea.

Words nearby branzino

branson, brant, brantford, branting, branwen, branzino, braque, bras d'or lake, brasco, brash, brash ice

Origin of branzino

First recorded in 1915–20; from Venetian Italian: literally, “sea bass,” from Venetian Italian brancin “claw”, from branza “spine, claw” (from the appearance of the operculum) + -ino -ine¹. Further etymology is uncertain: branza may come from Classical Latin branchia branchia, or from Vulgar Latin brancia (unattested) and may perhaps be related to Late Latin branca “paw”; see branch

Also called Eu·ro·pe·an sea bass.