Umbrina
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Translingual
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Etymology
[edit]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, inherited from Old French onbre, ombre, from Latin umbra, probably from Old Latin *omra, possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *h₂mr-u-, *h₂mrup-.
Proper noun
[edit]Umbrina
- A taxonomic genus within the family Sciaenidae – certain croakers.