Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of several sciænoid fishes of the Pacific coast of North America.
- noun [capitalized] [NL.] A section of Sciæna, or a genus of sciænoids, represented by the roncador (see 1 ).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of California sciænoid food fishes, especially
Roncador Stearnsi , which is an excellent market fish, and the red roncador (Corvina saturna syn.Johnius saturna ).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology Any of several
species ofCalifornian sciaenoid food fishes , especially Roncador stearnsi and the red roncador (Corvina, Johnius, saturna).
Etymologies
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Spanish, 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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bilby commented on the word roncador
Yeah I'd make rude noises too if I were a fish and you took me out of water.
July 29, 2022