umbrine

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noun

Any of several food fishes of the genus Umbrina of drums.

Origintranslingual Umbrina ← French Ombrines ← Old French onbre →
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Meanings

nounumbrine (plural umbrines)

plural umbrines

  1. Any of several food fishes of the genus Umbrina of drums.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
ombre

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂mr-u-, *h₂mrup-
  2. Old Latin*omra
  3. Latinumbra
  4. Old Frenchonbre
  5. FrenchOmbrines“shadowy ones”
  6. translingualUmbrina
  7. Englishumbrine

From umb(e)r + -ine, borrowed from translingual Umbrina, coined by French zoologist Georges Cuvier in 1817 on page 174 of Volume I of Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation as a Latinization of French Ombrines (“shadowy ones”) from ombre + -ines, Old French onbre, ombre, from Latin umbra, probably from Old Latin *omra, possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *h₂mr-u-, *h₂mrup-.

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APA

umbrine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/umbrine

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“umbrine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/umbrine. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “umbrine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/umbrine.

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