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cor⋅vi⋅na

  [kawr-vee-nuh]
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–noun
corbina.
Origin:
1780–90; < MexSp, Sp: kind of fish, fem. deriv. of corvino corvine; so called from its color
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cor⋅bi⋅na

  [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.
Also, corvina.

Origin:
1900–05; < Sp corvina, fem. of corvino < L corvīnus corvine; so named from its color
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cor·bi·na   (kôr-bē'nə)   
n.  

  1. A food and game fish (Menticirrhus undulatus) of North American Pacific waters and especially coastal California.

  2. Any of several related marine fishes of the family Sciaenidae.


[Spanish corbina, corvina, from feminine of corvino, ravenlike (from its color), from Latin corvīnus, from corvus, raven.]
cor·vi·na   (kôr-vē'nə)   
n.  Variant of corbina.
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