BARRACOUTA


Meaning of BARRACOUTA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌber-ə-ˈkü-tə, ˌba-rə- ]

noun

Etymology: modification of American Spanish barracuda

Date: 1770

: a large elongate marine bony fish ( Thyrsites atun of the family Gempylidae) used for food and caught commercially in the waters off New Zealand and southern Australia

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.