corbina

Also ��ǰ�·��·�Բ�

[kawr-bee-nuh]

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noun

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

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Word History and Origins

First recorded in 1900–05; from Spanish corvina, feminine of corvino, from Latin ��ǰ��ī�Գܲ� “of or relating to ravens,” so named from its black fins; corvine

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Later, I would surfcast for perch and corbina and the occasional leopard shark.

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I see fishermen early in the morning, catching corbina and baby leopard sharks, just as I did in the 1970s.

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

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They caught many fish like those of Castile—dace, salmon, hake, dory, gilt heads, mullets, corbinas, shrimps,175-1 and they saw sardines.

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Corbin corblimey

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