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Webster 1913 Edition


Roncador

Ronˊca-dor′

(rŏṉˊkȧ-dōr′)
,
Noun.
[Sp., a snorer, fr.
roncar
to snore. So called in allusion to the grunting noise made by them on being taken from the water. ]
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of
California
sciaenoid food fishes, especially
Roncador Stearnsi
, which is an excellent market fish, and the red roncador (
Corvina saturna
syn.
Johnius saturna
).