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ron⋅co

[rong-koh]
–noun, plural -cos.
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, esp. H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.

Origin:
1880–85, Americanism; < Sp, deriv. of roncar to grunt ≪ LGk rhonchós a grunt, snore
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