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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] EncyclopediaSeecorbina |