English Explanatory Dictionary

roncador

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several species of Californian sciaenoid food fishes, especially Roncador stearnsi (spotfin croaker) and others in the family Sciaenidae.

Word forms

roncador roncadors

Etymology

From Spanish roncador (“a snorer”), from roncar (“to snore”). So called in allusion to the grunting noise made by them on being taken from the water.

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