corbina

American  

[kawr-bee-nuh] / kɔrˈbi nə /

Also corvina

noun

1. a game fish, Menticirrhus undulatus, of the croaker family, inhabiting Pacific coastal waters of North America.

2. any of various related fish.

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Etymology

Origin of corbina

First recorded in 1900–05; from Spanish corvina, feminine of corvino, from Latin corvīnus “of or relating to ravens,” so named from its black fins; corvine

Example Sentences

Later, I would surfcast for perch and corbina and the occasional leopard shark.

From Los Angeles Times

I see fishermen early in the morning, catching corbina and baby leopard sharks, just as I did in the 1970s.

From Los Angeles Times

They caught many fish like those of Castile—dace, salmon, hake, dory, gilt heads, mullets, corbinas, shrimps,175-1 and they saw sardines.

From Project Gutenberg

The corbina was a black fish and the name is found in both Spanish and Portuguese.

From Project Gutenberg