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- Spanish · borrowed frombarracuda
- English todaybarracuda
First attested in the 1670s, from Latin American Spanish barracuda, perhaps from a Cariban word. Doublet of barracouta.
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barracuda
Today it means: Any large marine fish of the genus Sphyraena that have elongated bodies, a projecting lower jaw, displaying prominent fang-shaped teeth, and are aggressive predators. Full definition →
Spanish barracuda