Definition of Barracouta

1. Noun. A large marine food fish common on the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, and southern Africa.

Exact synonyms: Snoek
Generic synonyms: Food Fish

Definition of Barracouta

1. Noun. (Australia) The snoek, ''Thyrsites atun'', a foodfish. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Barracouta

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Barracouta

barra boys
barrable
barracan
barracans
barrace
barraces
barrack
barracked
barracker
barrackers
barracking
barracks
barracoon
barracoons
barracouata
barracouta (current term)
barracoutas
barracuda
barracudalike
barracudas
barracudina
barrad
barrads
barrage
barrage balloon
barrage balloons
barrage fire
barrage jam
barrage jamming
barraged

Literary usage of Barracouta

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery to Africa and Arabia: Performed in His by Thomas Boteler (1835)
"The barracouta leaves the river and regains her anchor.—Attack by a Seaman on a Hippopotamus.—Sail for the River Inhambane. HAVING completed the equipment ..."

2. Notes on the Late Expedition Against the Russian Settlements in Eastern by Paul Bernard Whittingham (1856)
"Evidences of Discharge of a large Body of fresh Water. — Distance of the River Amur. — Its Current encountered. — Fall in with HMS barracouta. ..."

3. A Shooting Trip to Kamchatka by Elim Pavlovich Demidov (1904)
"... Straits—Enter the Gulf of Tar- tary—A magnificent sunrise—View of the coast of Asia—barracouta lighthouse and the ..."

4. Cornwall Parish Registers by William Phillimore Watts Phillimore, Thomas Taylor, J. H. Glencross, Thomas Matthews Blagg, William J. Stephens, Joseph Hambley Rowe (1905)
"1788 Daniel Davies, of HMS barracouta, & Anna Jeffery ... ... ... ... 26 Feb. ... Walter Trethewey, of HMS barracouta, & Phoebe Husband . ..."

5. Memoirs of Hydrography: Including Brief Biographies of the Principal by Llewellyn Styles Dawson (1830)
"The barracouta left Table bay October 26th, 1825, anchored off Dassen island, ... Having surveyed this bay, the barracouta and Leven left in company on the ..."

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