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great barracuda

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noun

  1. a large barracuda, Sphyraena barracuda, found in subtropical ocean waters around the world.

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She never tired of watching for the schools of flying fish that would burst from the sea's surface like flushed grouse, seemingly in chase of the great barracuda that sometimes flashed past the bow.

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