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S sphyraena
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.
Sphyraena spet
Becuna Be*cu"na, n. [Sp.] (Zo["o]l.) A fish of the Mediterranean (Sphyr[ae]na spet). See Barracuda.
Sphyraena spet
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).
Sphyraenidae
Sphyraenoid Sphy*r[ae]"noid, a.[L. sphyraena a kind of sea fish (Gr. sfy`raina) + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the Sphyr[ae]nid[ae], a family of marine fishes including the barracudas.
Sphyraenoid
Sphyraenoid Sphy*r[ae]"noid, a.[L. sphyraena a kind of sea fish (Gr. sfy`raina) + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the Sphyr[ae]nid[ae], a family of marine fishes including the barracudas.

Meaning of Sphyra from wikipedia

- was described in 2024. The genus name comes from the Gr**** word σφῦρα sphyra "hammer", it is also where the family name Sphyrnidae comes from. The recognized...
- 9 ft). The generic name Sphyrna probably derives from a misspelling of sphyra , the Gr**** word for "hammer"; the specific name tiburo derives from the...
- its own genus Eusphyra, derived from the Gr**** eu ("good" or "true") and sphyra ("hammer"). However, subsequent authors did not accept Eusphyra and preferred...
- really is inside. She obtained a spear during Variable Heart called Gallia Sphyra: Outseal (朱弾(ガリアスフィラ)=アウトシール, Garia Sufira: Autoshīru) which she has used...
- otherwise known outside of the Americas. By the rules of binomial nomenclature, Sphyra tudes should then become the valid name for the whitefin hammerhead, taking...
- Kimmins, 1963 i c g Oecetis spatula Chen in Yang & Morse, 2000 i c g Oecetis sphyra Ross, 1941 i c g Oecetis spinifera Gibon & Randriamasimanana in Randriamasimanana...