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Definition of barracuda in English: barracudanounPlural barracudas ˌbarəˈkjuːdəˌbarəˈkuːdəˌbɛrəˈkudə A large predatory tropical marine fish with a slender body and large jaws and teeth. 大魣 Family Sphyraenidae and genus Sphyraena: several species, in particular S. barracuda Example sentencesExamples - It is here that divers may encounter anything from schooling batfish, barracudas to a sailfish, or even the whale shark.
- It has been observed that great barracudas herd schools of fish into shallow water and guard them.
- Some of the fish you can expect to catch are, Kingfish, barracuda, tuna, queen fish, jack crevale dorado, cobia, bonito, wahoo, sailfish and sharks.
- The wrecks are home to a wide variety of corals and marine life including angelfish, barracudas, margates, sharks, snappers and turtles.
- Among profuse schools of trevallies and barracuda, huge tunas and a host of sharks cruise the sheer wall.
OriginLate 17th century: of unknown origin. RhymesBarbuda, Bermuda, brooder, Buxtehude, colluder, deluder, excluder, intruder, Judah, Luda, Neruda, obtruder, Tudor Definition of barracuda in US English: barracudanounˌberəˈko͞odəˌbɛrəˈkudə A large predatory tropical marine fish with a slender body and large jaws and teeth. 大魣 Genus Sphyraena, family Sphyraenidae: several species, in particular the inedible and poisonous great barracuda (S. barracuda) and the edible Pacific barracuda (S. argentea) Example sentencesExamples - Some of the fish you can expect to catch are, Kingfish, barracuda, tuna, queen fish, jack crevale dorado, cobia, bonito, wahoo, sailfish and sharks.
- Among profuse schools of trevallies and barracuda, huge tunas and a host of sharks cruise the sheer wall.
- The wrecks are home to a wide variety of corals and marine life including angelfish, barracudas, margates, sharks, snappers and turtles.
- It is here that divers may encounter anything from schooling batfish, barracudas to a sailfish, or even the whale shark.
- It has been observed that great barracudas herd schools of fish into shallow water and guard them.
OriginLate 17th century: of unknown origin. |