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roncador

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ron-cador
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

roncadors (plural)

Questions

What does roncador mean?
Any of several species of Californian sciaenoid food fishes, especially Roncador stearnsi (spotfin croaker) and others in the family Sciaenidae.
Where does roncador come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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