roncador
noun
ron·ca·dor
ˌräŋkəˈdȯ(ə)r
plural roncadors
-rz
or roncadores -ȯˌrās
1
: any of several croakers (family Sciaenidae) of the American Pacific coast (as the yellowfin croaker or the black croaker)
2
: any of various grunts (especially Haemulon steindachneri) of both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts
Word History
Etymology
Spanish, literally, one that snores, from roncado (past participle of roncar to snore, from Late Latin rhonchare, from rhonchus snore) + -or
First Known Use
1867, in the meaning defined above
- nine-banded armadillo
- nine-eyed eel
- nine-eyes
- nine-killer
- nine-men's morris
- nine-spined stickleback
- nine-to-five
- nine-to-five job
- nine-to-fiver
- nine-to-fivers
- ninebark
- ninebarks
- ninefold
- nineholes
- ninepence
- ninepences
- ninepenny
- ninepenny morris
- ninepin
- ninepin block
- ninepins
- niner
- nines
- ninest
- nineteen