- a variation of corbina.
corvina
Britishnoun
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a marine food fish, Menticirrhus undulatus , found in Pacific waters off Mexico and California
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any of several related marine fishes of the family Sciaenidae
Etymology
Origin of corvina
from Spanish corbina , corvina , from feminine of corvino ravenlike, from Latin corvus raven
Example Sentences
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That’s already happened with Kouzilos’ Egyptian corvina and wild branzini.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2025
But legal species are fished with gill nets, too, including shrimp, corvina and mackerel.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2023
The Cucapá still push wooden boats into the estuary to fish for corvina.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2023
Prosecutors said the FDA initially rejected the fish, a white fish called corvina, in 2014 because one-third of the samples were spoiled.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 19, 2019
In T. corvina of the Seychelles, the adult male is wholly black, and his middle tail-feathers are not only very long but very broad.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
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