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

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

From Project Gutenberg

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