BARRACOUTA

barracouta, snoek

(noun) a large marine food fish common on the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, and southern Africa

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

barracouta (plural barracoutas)

(Australia) The snoek, Thyrsites atun, a foodfish.

Usage notes

The fish is only distantly related to the barracuda.

Source: Wiktionary


Bar`ra*cu"da, Bar`ra*cou"ta, n.

1. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A voracious pikelike, marine fish, of the genus Sphyræna, sometimes used as food.

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

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A large edible fresh-water fish of Australia and New Zealand (Thyrsites atun).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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