Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Barracuda \Bar`ra*cu"da\, Barracouata \Bar`ra*cou"ata\, n.
   1. (Zo["o]l.) A voracious pikelike, marine fish, of the genus
      {Sphyr[ae]na}, sometimes used as food.

   Note: That of Europe and our Atlantic coast is {Sphyr[ae]na
         spet} (or {S. vulgaris}); a southern species is {S.
         picuda}; the Californian is {S. argentea}.

   2. (Zo["o]l.) A large edible fresh-water fish of Australia
      and New Zealand ({Thyrsites atun}).