[ad. L. coracīnus, a. Gr. κορακῖνος or κοράκινος, f. κόραξ raven: so called from its black color.] A kind of fish like a perch, found in the Nile.
1624. Middleton, Game at Chess, V. iii. The golden-headed coracine out of Egypt.
1865. Tristram, in Reader, No. 149. 506/3. The cat-fish or coracine.
