barracudan.

Brit.

/ˌbarəˈk(j)uːdə/, U.S.

/ˌbɛrəˈkudə/

Forms: Also 1600s barracoutha, paracood, 1700s bara-, 1700s–1800s barracoota, 1800s– barracouta.

Etymology: < American Spanish barracuda. N.E.D. (1885) enters this under the triple headword barracuda, -coota, -couta and gives the pronunciations (bærăkū·dă, -ū·tă) /bærəˈkuːdə/, /-ˈuːtə/.

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 South Africa the same fish is called the snoek n.

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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Sphyraenoidei (barracudas) > family Sphyraenidae > member of genus Sphyraena (barracuda)

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1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Barracoutha.

1699 L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. 125 They have Paracoods also,..a long and round Fish, about as large as a well-grown Pike.

1735 C. Mortimer in Philos. Trans. 1733–4 (Royal Soc.) 38 315 The Barracuda. The Flesh of this Fish is very unwholsome.

1790 Coll. Voy. round World I. vii. 155 Breams, barracootas, gurnard.

1830 F. Marryat King's Own I. xiii. 184 With the..rapidity of a Barra Couta.

1839 J. 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.

1845 J. Deans Lett. (1939) 94 Baricouta are also to be got in great abundance and are very easily caught.

1874 A. Bathgate Colonial Experiences iii. 27 The barracouta (thyrsites atun), a rather coarse fish,..a great favourite with boarding-house keepers.

1880 W. Senior Trav. & Trout in Antipodes 295 The barracuda is..well known throughout the colonies.

1885 A. Brassey In Trades 331 The Barracuda is..sometimes..good to eat and of excellent flavour, and at others malignantly poisonous.

1897 W. Saville-Kent Naturalist in Austral. 170 The well-known Barracouta of the Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Hobart markets.

1960 R. B. Doogue & J. M. 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.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	barracuda
释义	barracudan. Brit. /ˌbarəˈk(j)uːdə/, U.S. /ˌbɛrəˈkudə/ Forms: Also 1600s barracoutha, paracood, 1700s bara-, 1700s–1800s barracoota, 1800s– barracouta. Etymology: < American Spanish barracuda. N.E.D. (1885) enters this under the triple headword barracuda, -coota, -couta and gives the pronunciations (bærăkū·dă, -ū·tă) /bærəˈkuːdə/, /-ˈuːtə/. 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 South Africa the same fish is called the snoek n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > unspecified types > [noun] whalec950 tumbrelc1300 sprout1340 squame1393 codmop1466 whitefish1482 lineshark?a1500 salen1508 glaucus1509 bretcock1522 warcodling1525 razor1530 bassinatc1540 goldeney1542 smy1552 maiden1555 grail1587 whiting1587 needle1589 pintle-fish1591 goldfish1598 puffin fish1598 quap1598 stork1600 black-tail1601 ellops1601 fork-fish1601 sea-grape1601 sea-lizard1601 sea-raven1601 barne1602 plosher1602 whale-mouse1607 bowman1610 catfish1620 hog1620 kettle-fish1630 sharpa1636 carda1641 housewifea1641 roucotea1641 ox-fisha1642 sea-serpent1646 croaker1651 alderling1655 butkin1655 shamefish1655 yard1655 sea-dart1664 sea-pelican1664 Negro1666 sea-parrot1666 sea-blewling1668 sea-stickling1668 skull-fish1668 whale's guide1668 sennet1671 barracuda1678 skate-bread1681 tuck-fish1681 swallowtail1683 piaba1686 pit-fish1686 sand-creeper1686 horned hog1702 soldier1704 sea-crowa1717 bran1720 grunter1726 calcops1727 bennet1731 bonefish1734 Negro fish1735 isinglass-fish1740 orb1740 gollin1747 smelt1776 night-walker1777 water monarch1785 hardhead1792 macaw-fish1792 yellowback1796 sea-raven1797 blueback1812 stumpnose1831 flat1847 butterfish1849 croppie1856 gubbahawn1857 silt1863 silt-snapper1863 mullet-head1866 sailor1883 hogback1893 skipper1898 stocker1904 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Sphyraenoidei (barracudas) > family Sphyraenidae > member of genus Sphyraena (barracuda) barracuda1678 picuda1882 spet1896 sea tiger1937 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Barracoutha. 1699 L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. 125 They have Paracoods also,..a long and round Fish, about as large as a well-grown Pike. 1735 C. Mortimer in Philos. Trans. 1733–4 (Royal Soc.) 38 315 The Barracuda. The Flesh of this Fish is very unwholsome. 1790 Coll. Voy. round World I. vii. 155 Breams, barracootas, gurnard. 1830 F. Marryat King's Own I. xiii. 184 With the..rapidity of a Barra Couta. 1839 J. 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. 1845 J. Deans Lett. (1939) 94 Baricouta are also to be got in great abundance and are very easily caught. 1874 A. Bathgate Colonial Experiences iii. 27 The barracouta (thyrsites atun), a rather coarse fish,..a great favourite with boarding-house keepers. 1880 W. Senior Trav. & Trout in Antipodes 295 The barracuda is..well known throughout the colonies. 1885 A. Brassey In Trades 331 The Barracuda is..sometimes..good to eat and of excellent flavour, and at others malignantly poisonous. 1897 W. Saville-Kent Naturalist in Austral. 170 The well-known Barracouta of the Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Hobart markets. 1960 R. B. Doogue & J. M. 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1678
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