corbina

corbina
/kawr bee"neuh/, n.
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.
[1900-05; < Sp corvina, fem. of corvino < L corvinus CORVINE; so named from its color]

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