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

Example Sentences

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