roncador

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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.

Noun

roncador (plural roncadors)

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

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for roncador”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Etymology

From roncar +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

Adjective

roncador (feminine roncadora, masculine plural roncadors, feminine plural roncadores)

  1. snoring, roaring

Noun

roncador m (plural roncadors, feminine roncadora)

  1. snorer
  2. bastard grunt (Pomadasys incisus)
    Synonym: xerla roncadora

Further reading

Spanish

Noun

roncador m (plural roncadores)

  1. snorer
  2. roncador

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