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S Argentea
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.
S argentea
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).

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- Celosia argentea, commonly known as the plumed ****scomb or silver ****'s comb, is a herbaceous plant of tropical origin in the family Amaranthaceae from...
- The air fern (Sertularia argentea) is a dead and dried colony of hydrozoans, a species of marine animal in the family Sertulariidae related to corals and...
- Salvia argentea, the silver sage, silver salvia, or silver clary, is a biennial or short-lived perennial plant that is native to an area in southern Europe...
- Shepherdia argentea, commonly called silver buffaloberry, bull berry, or thorny buffaloberry, is a species of Shepherdia in the Oleaster family. It is...
- Sphyraena argentea (also known as the Pacific barracuda, California barracuda or the silver barracuda) is a predatory species of marine barracuda fish...
- Scaphochlamys argentea is a monocotyledonous plant species described by Rosemary Margaret Smith. Scaphochlamys argentea is part of the genus Scaphochlamys...
- Celosia argentea var. cristata (formerly Celosia cristata), known as ****scomb, is the cristate or crested variety of the species Celosia argentea. It was...
- Sesleria argentea is a species of perennial gr**** in the family Poaceae. It is 35–55 centimetres (14–22 in) long with a 0.5–1 millimetre (0.020–0.039 in)...
- Serixia argentea is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1922. BioLib.cz - Serixia argentea...
- Scrobipalpa argentea is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Povolný in 1969. It is found in Afghanistan. The length of the forewings...