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barracuda, -coota, -couta|bærəˈkuːdə, -ˈuːtə|
Also 7 -coutha, 8 bara-.
[Amer. Sp. barracuda.]
A large and voracious fish (Sphyræna barracuda) of the Perch family, from six to ten feet in length, found in the seas of the West Indies. Also, a similar fish found in Australian and New Zealand waters (Thyrsites atun). In S. Afr. the same fish is called the snoek.
1678Phillips, Barracoutha. 1734Mortimer in Phil. Trans. XXXVIII. 315 The Barracuda. The Flesh of this Fish is very unwholsome. 1772Cook Voy. (1790) I. 155 Breams, barracootas, gurnard. 1830Marryat King's Own xiii, With the..rapidity of a barracouta. 1839J. Heberley Autobiogr. (MS.) 81 This is a piece of red wood with a nail driven through it and bent round in the shape of a hook commonly called a Barracoota hook. 1845J. Deans Lett. (1939) 94 Baricouta are also to be got in great abundance and are very easily caught. 1874A. Bathgate Colonial Experiences iii. 27 The barracouta (thyrsites atun), a rather coarse fish,..a great favourite with boarding-house keepers. 1880W. Senior Trav. & Trout in Antipodes 295 The barracuda is..well known throughout the colonies. 1885A. Brassey In Trades 331 The Barracuda is..sometimes..good to eat and of excellent flavour, and at others malignantly poisonous. 1897W. Saville-Kent Naturalist in Australia 170 The well-known Barracouta of the Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Hobart markets. 1960Doogue & Moreland N.Z. Sea Anglers' Guide 262 There are four kinds of snake-mackerel in New Zealand waters of which the barracouta is best known. |