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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BARRACU'DA, n. A species of fish of the pike kind, found in the seas about the Bahamas and W.Indies, of ten feet in length. The color is deep brown, and the fish is very voracious. The flesh is disagreeable and sometimes poisonous.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: any voracious marine fish of the genus Sphyraena having an elongated cylindrical body and large mouth with projecting lower jaw and long strong teeth

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -da or -das) Etymology: American Spanish Date: 1678 1. any of a genus (Sphyraena of the family Sphyraenidae) of elongate predaceous often large bony fishes of warm seas that includes food and sport fishes as well as some forms frequently causing ciguatera poisoning 2. one that uses aggressive, selfish, and sometimes unethical methods to obtain a goal especially in business

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. same or barracudas) a large and voracious tropical marine fish of the family Sphyraenidae. Etymology: Amer. Sp. barracuda

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Barracuda Bar`ra*cu"da, n. [Native name.] 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 (S. 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. S. Argentea of the Pacific coast and S. sphyr[ae]na of Europe are smaller species, and are used as food.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Barracuda Bar`ra*cu"da, Barracouata Bar`ra*cou"ata, n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) A voracious pikelike, marine fish, of the genus Sphyr[ae]na, sometimes used as food. Note: That of Europe and our Atlantic coast is Sphyr[ae]na spet (or S. vulgaris); a southern species is S. picuda; the Californian is S. argentea. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A large edible fresh-water fish of Australia and New Zealand (Thyrsites atun).

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(barracudas, or barracuda) A barracuda is a large tropical sea fish that eats other fish. N-COUNT