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Definition of Sphyraena spet

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).

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- Sphyraena sphyraena, also known as the European barracuda or Mediterranean barracuda, is a ray-finned predatory fish of the Mediterranean basin and the...
- barracuda is a large, predatory, ray-finned, sal****er fish of the genus Sphyraena, the only genus in the family Sphyraenidae, which was named by Constantine...