barracuda Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. 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

WordNet

Bar`ra*cu"da, Bar`ra*cou"ata noun (Also<
  • Barracuda
  • Barracouata
)
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A voracious pikelike, marine fish, of the genus Sphyræna, sometimes used as food. ✍ 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.) A large edible fresh-water fish of Australia and New Zealand (Thyrsites atun).

Webster 1913