'Barracuda' definitions:
Definition of 'barracuda'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any voracious marine fish of the genus Sphyraena having an elongated cylindrical body and large mouth with projecting lower jaw and long strong teeth
Definition of 'Barracuda'
From: 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]