Etymology

roncador

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Today it means: Any of several species of Californian sciaenoid food fishes, especially Roncador stearnsi (spotfin croaker) and others in the family Sciaenidae. Full definition →

Spanish roncador
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  1. Spanish · borrowed fromroncador“a snorer”
  2. English todayroncador

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.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.