roncador

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

• Spanish roncador ("a snorer"), from roncar. So called in allusion to the grunting noise made by them on being taken from the water.