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roncador

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

Noun

roncador (plural roncadors)

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

Forms of roncador

pluralroncadors

Origin of roncador

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.

Questions about roncador

What does roncador mean?
Roncador means any of several species of Californian sciaenoid food fishes, especially Roncador stearnsi (spotfin croaker) and others in the family Sciaenidae.
What part of speech is roncador?
Roncador is a noun.
What is the plural of roncador?
The plural of roncador is roncadors.

Words near roncador in the dictionary

  1. Ronayne
  2. Ronaynes
  3. Ronbot
  4. Ronbots
  5. Ronca
  6. roncador
  7. Roncadori
  8. Roncadoris
  9. roncadors
  10. Roncaglian
  11. Roncalese

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