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Pronunciation : Bar`ra*cu"da, Bar`ra*cou"ta
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. (Zo?l.)

Defn: A voracious pikelike, marine fish, of the genus Sphyr?na, sometimes used as food.

Note: That of Europe and our Atlantic coast is Sphyr?na spet (or S. vulgaris); a southern species is S. picuda; the Californian is S. argentea.

2. (Zo?l.)

Defn: A large edible fresh-water fish of Australia and New Zealand (Thyrsites atun).
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913