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Barracuda Barracuda Bar`ra*cu"da, n. [Native name.]
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 (S. 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. S. Argentea of the Pacific coast
and S. sphyr[ae]na of Europe are smaller species, and are
used as food.
Barracuda Barracuda Bar`ra*cu"da, Barracouata Bar`ra*cou"ata, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) A voracious pikelike, marine fish, of the genus
Sphyr[ae]na, sometimes used as food.
Note: That of Europe and our Atlantic coast is Sphyr[ae]na
spet (or S. vulgaris); a southern species is S.
picuda; the Californian is S. argentea.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A large edible fresh-water fish of Australia
and New Zealand (Thyrsites atun).
S barracuda Barracuda Bar`ra*cu"da, n. [Native name.]
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 (S. 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. S. Argentea of the Pacific coast
and S. sphyr[ae]na of Europe are smaller species, and are
used as food.
