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ronquil

[ rong-kil ]

noun

  1. any ray-finned fish of the small family Bathymasteridae, inhabiting only the North Pacific and Arctic Oceans, mostly on or near the seafloor.

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Origin of ronquil1

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85; from Latin American Spanish ronquillo, diminutive of ronco ronco

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