umbrine

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umbrine

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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-.

noun umbrines

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

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@misc{umbrine_2026,
  title = {umbrine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/umbrine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}