See Also: roncador(medicine)
roncador(dictionary)
crane fly(dictionary)
crane(encyclopedia)
crane(dictionary)
crane(2)(dictionary)
crane(1)(dictionary)
crane fly(encyclopedia)
Ichabod Crane(dictionary)
crane 1, noun(dictionary)

crane fly (sh) and roncador (iou)


crane fly (sh)




Harmless, slow-flying dipteran (family Tipulidae) usually found around water or abundant vegetation.

It ranges in size from tiny to slightly over 1 in. (2.5 cm) long. Larvae of the range crane fly (Tipula simplex) are called leatherjackets because of their tough brown skin. In northern latitudes a wingless crane-fly species is found on snow. The crane fly is also called daddy longlegs in English-speaking countries Other than the U.S. (in the U.S., daddy longlegs refers to an arachnid).


roncador (iou)



roncador noun. US. L19.
[Spanish, from roncar snore, snort.]
Any of various croakers of the Pacific coast of N. America; spec. a large croaker, Roncador stearnsi, that is blue above and silver below and popular as a game-fish.
yellowfin roncador the yellowfin croaker, Umbrina roncador.