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noun kɔːˈviːnəkôrˈvēnə mass nounA variety of wine grape native to the Veneto region of north-eastern Italy, used to make Valpolicella and Bardolino. Example sentencesExamples - In Valpolicella they use grapes not likely to be on the Who's Who of Grapes: rondinella, molinara, and the leader of the pack, corvina.
- It is made from a blend of late harvested and dried refosco, carmenere and corvina, making it sort of a super-Venetian as they call it on the back label.
Origin Italian (feminine adjective), literally 'raven-black'. nounkɔːˈviːnəˌkôrˈvēnə A marine food and game fish of the drum family, found on the Pacific coasts of California and Mexico and sometimes living in fresh water. Genus Cynoscion, family Sciaenidae: two species Example sentencesExamples - Dine on seafood specialties, including the superb ceviche de corvina - raw white sea bass marinated in lime juice.
- Today was a very good day: In 3 hours I got 17 corvinas.
- It got its start as a fishing camp based around the totoaba, a large corvina fish that spawns in the upper gulf's shallow, sediment-laden waters, and around shrimp.
- In addition to the bass and halibut, San Diego's ‘back bay’ area plays host to good numbers of shortfin corvina in the 2-to - 3-pound class.
- The possibilities of fishing large corvinas, brótolas, small hakes, pejerreyes, rays and chuchos increase considerably.
- Species to expect include various species of tuna, the odd billfish and in some areas, large inshore corvinas and white sea-bass.
- It is possible to catch caimans and turtles in the rivers; the Peruvian Sea is recognized by its production of corvinas, lenguados, anchoveta, bonito, crustacean and shellfish.
- San Diego and Mission Bays offer outstanding fishing for a medley of inshore species, including spotted bay, sand and calico kelp bass, shortfin corvina, bonefish (yes, the same fish found on Florida flats), halibut, barracuda, bonito and mackerel.
- The shortfin corvina was introduced into the Salton Sea in southern California.
- The corvinas more usually seen in the fish market in Aljezur weighed about 7-15 kg, but these were caught by the fishing boats based in Lagos.
- There are bass, halibut, white seabass, shortfin corvina, bonito, barracuda and many other species that will test any angler's skill and fly tackle.
- Pintados, pirarucus, tucunarés, corvinas, mandubés, barbados, dorados, mandis and many others crowd the waters of this abundant River.
- Well, you can always take a trip into the ocean to fish for corvinas, soles and sharks.
Origin Late 18th century: from Spanish and Portuguese. nounkôrˈvēnə A variety of wine grape native to the Veneto region of northeastern Italy, used to make Valpolicella and Bardolino. Example sentencesExamples - In Valpolicella they use grapes not likely to be on the Who's Who of Grapes: rondinella, molinara, and the leader of the pack, corvina.
- It is made from a blend of late harvested and dried refosco, carmenere and corvina, making it sort of a super-Venetian as they call it on the back label.
Origin Italian (feminine adjective), literally ‘raven-black’. nounˌkôrˈvēnə A marine food and game fish of the drum family, found on the Pacific coasts of California and Mexico and sometimes living in fresh water. Genus Cynoscion, family Sciaenidae: two species, in particular the shortfin corvina (C. parvipennis) Example sentencesExamples - It got its start as a fishing camp based around the totoaba, a large corvina fish that spawns in the upper gulf's shallow, sediment-laden waters, and around shrimp.
- The corvinas more usually seen in the fish market in Aljezur weighed about 7-15 kg, but these were caught by the fishing boats based in Lagos.
- Pintados, pirarucus, tucunarés, corvinas, mandubés, barbados, dorados, mandis and many others crowd the waters of this abundant River.
- There are bass, halibut, white seabass, shortfin corvina, bonito, barracuda and many other species that will test any angler's skill and fly tackle.
- It is possible to catch caimans and turtles in the rivers; the Peruvian Sea is recognized by its production of corvinas, lenguados, anchoveta, bonito, crustacean and shellfish.
- The possibilities of fishing large corvinas, brótolas, small hakes, pejerreyes, rays and chuchos increase considerably.
- San Diego and Mission Bays offer outstanding fishing for a medley of inshore species, including spotted bay, sand and calico kelp bass, shortfin corvina, bonefish (yes, the same fish found on Florida flats), halibut, barracuda, bonito and mackerel.
- Dine on seafood specialties, including the superb ceviche de corvina - raw white sea bass marinated in lime juice.
- Today was a very good day: In 3 hours I got 17 corvinas.
- Species to expect include various species of tuna, the odd billfish and in some areas, large inshore corvinas and white sea-bass.
- The shortfin corvina was introduced into the Salton Sea in southern California.
- In addition to the bass and halibut, San Diego's ‘back bay’ area plays host to good numbers of shortfin corvina in the 2-to - 3-pound class.
- Well, you can always take a trip into the ocean to fish for corvinas, soles and sharks.
Origin Late 18th century: from Spanish and Portuguese. |