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barracuda
 
SYLLABICATION:bar·ra·cu·da
PRONUNCIATION:  br-kd
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. barracuda or bar·ra·cu·das
Any of various fierce, mostly tropical marine fishes of the genus Sphyraena that resemble pike, have a projecting lower jaw with fanglike teeth, and include some edible species.
ETYMOLOGY:American Spanish, from Spanish dialectal barraco, overlapping tooth.
 
 
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