corvina


cor·vi·na

C0666600 (kôr-vē′nə)n. Any of various marine food fishes of the family Sciaenidae, especially those of the genus Cynoscion, found in coastal waters of the Americas.
[Spanish; see corbina.]

corvina

(kɔːˈviːnə) n1. (Animals) a marine food fish, Menticirrhus undulatus, found in Pacific waters off Mexico and California2. (Animals) any of several related marine fishes of the family Sciaenidae[from Spanish corbina, corvina, from feminine of corvino ravenlike, from Latin corvus raven]

cor•vi•na

(kɔrˈvi nə)

n., pl. -nas. any of various silvery gray croakers, esp. of the genera Cynoscion and Micropogonias. [1780–90; < Mexican Spanish, Sp: kind of fish, feminine derivative of corvino < Latin corvīnus corvine; so called from its color]