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barracudina

[ bar-uh-kood-n-uh ]

noun

  1. any of several slender, large-mouthed, pelagic fishes of the family Paralepididae.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of barracudina1

First recorded in 1910–15; from Latin American Spanish, equivalent to barracud(a) barracuda + -ina diminutive suffix

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