[bar-uh-koo-duh] 
) -da, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -das for 1; -das for 2. | 1. | any of several elongated, predaceous, tropical and subtropical marine fishes of the genus Sphyraena, certain species of which are used for food. |
| 2. | Slang. a treacherous, greedy person. |
| bar·ra·cu·da (bār'ə-kōō'də) n. 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. [American Spanish, from Spanish dialectal barraco, overlapping tooth.] |
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