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Definition of Great barracuda
1. Noun. Large (up to 6 ft) greyish-brown barracuda highly regarded as a food and sport fish; may be dangerous to swimmers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Great Barracuda
Literary usage of Great barracuda
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"... barracuda (Walbaum) The great barracuda is found from Brazil northward through
the West Indies to Pensacola, Charleston and the Bermudas. ..."
2. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"... and other small species are feeble folk as compared with the great barracuda
... slenderer than the great barracuda but reaching a length of five feet. ..."
3. Bermuda by Don Philpott, George Watkins (2002)
"... wahoo, little tunny, amberjack, rainbow runner, great barracuda and white
marlin (which can weigh more than 100lbs/45Kg) and the fighting sailfish. ..."
4. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"... (allied to the mullets), occurring in all tropical and subtropical seas, and
common on both coasts of America. The great barracuda or picuda ..."
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