barracouta
Americannoun
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barracouta,
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barracoutas
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of barracouta
C17: variant of barracuda
Example Sentences
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As buoyant as a cork, he soon came to the surface, and, scrambling upon the stage, he seized a barracouta from the boat, and rushed at his mate.
From The Tale of Timber Town by Alfred A. (Alfred Augustus) Grace
In the maw there were, besides a large quantity of dismembered squid of great size, a number of fish, such as rock-cod, barracouta, schnapper, and the like, whose presence there was a revelation to me.
From The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales by Frank T. Bullen
"He remembered how the barracouta had saved him!"
From Children of the Wild by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
The barracouta, nearly spent, swam off without even waiting to say 'Thank you.'
From Children of the Wild by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
"Not too fast for a barracouta," said Tom; so we put out lines and watched the stretched strings, and listened to the sea.
From Pieces of Eight by Richard Le Gallienne
The smaller kinds consisted of bonetas, barracoutas, porpoises, and flying fish.
From Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 by Phillip Parker King
It was little he had to fear from the barracoutas.
From Children of the Wild by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
The gorge, too, was alive with barracoutas and sharks, leaping out of water, or with their stiff triangular fins cutting just above the surface, and sometimes even grazing the blades of the cutter’s oars.
From Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life by H. A. (Henry Augustus) Wise
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