Barracuda
Barracuda ({not transcribed}) , noun
[Native name.]
(Zoology) Any of several voracious pikelike marine fishes allied to the gray mullets, constituting the genus Sphyrana and family Sphyranida. The great barracuda (Sphyrana 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. Sphyrana Argentea of the Pacific coast and Sphyrana sphyrana of Europe are smaller species, and are used as food.
That of Europe and our Atlantic coast is Sphyrana spet (or Sphyrana vulgaris); a southern species is Sphyrana picuda; the Californian is Sphyrana argentea.
2.
(Zoology) A large edible fresh-water fish of Australia and New Zealand (Thyrsites atun).
Also: Barracouta