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Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, suggested by English rockfish.
Proper noun
Roccus m
- (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Serranidae – including rockfish or striped bass of the United States, now genus Morone.
References
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E Smith, editors (1911), “Roccus”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- Roccus at World Register of Marine Species
- Jordan, D. S., Jordan, D. S. (1878). Manual of the Vertebrates of the Northern United States: Including the District East of the Mississippi River, and North of North Carolina and Tennessee, Exclusive of Marine Species. United States: Jansen, McClurg, p. 399