corbina

[ kawr-bee-nuh ]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of corbina¹

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