ronco

[ rong-koh ]

noun,plural ron·cos.
  1. any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.

Origin of ronco

1
1880–85, Americanism;<Spanish, derivative of roncar to grunt ≪ Late Greek rhonchós a grunt, snore

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