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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a large marine food fish common on the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, and southern Africa;
[syn: barracouta, snoek]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Barracuda \Bar`ra*cu"da\, Barracouta \Bar`ra*cou"ta\,, n. [Native name.] (Zool.) Any of several voracious pikelike marine fishes allied to the gray mullets, constituting the genus Sphyr[ae]na and family Sphyr[ae]nid[ae]. The great barracuda (Sphyr[ae]na barracuda) of the West Indies, Florida, etc., is often six feet or more long, and as dangerous as a shark. In Cuba its flesh is reputed to be poisonous. Sphyr[ae]na Argentea of the Pacific coast and Sphyr[ae]na sphyr[ae]na of Europe are smaller species, and are used as food. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Note: That of Europe and our Atlantic coast is Sphyr[ae]na spet (or Sphyr[ae]na vulgaris); a southern species is Sphyr[ae]na picuda; the Californian is Sphyr[ae]na argentea. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) A large edible fresh-water fish of Australia and New Zealand (Thyrsites atun). [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

barracouta n 1: a large marine food fish common on the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, and southern Africa [syn: barracouta, snoek]