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umbrine

umbrine noun: any of several food fishes of the genus Umbrina of drums.

Noun

umbrine (plural umbrines)

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

umbrine meaning in Tamil

umbrine in Tamil

கருங்கற்றலை

Forms of umbrine

pluralumbrines

Origin of umbrine

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-.

Questions about umbrine

What does umbrine mean?
Umbrine means any of several food fishes of the genus Umbrina of drums.
What is umbrine in Tamil?
Umbrine in Tamil is கருங்கற்றலை. See Umbrine meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is umbrine?
Umbrine is a noun.
What is the plural of umbrine?
The plural of umbrine is umbrines.

Words near umbrine in the dictionary

  1. umbrieres
  2. umbriferous
  3. umbriferously
  4. umbril
  5. umbrils
  6. umbrine
  7. umbrines
  8. umbrinous
  9. umbrisol
  10. umbrisols
  11. Umbro-

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