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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

















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