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Definition of Barracouta
1. Noun. A large marine food fish common on the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, and southern Africa.
Definition of Barracouta
1. Noun. (Australia) The snoek, ''Thyrsites atun'', a foodfish. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Barracouta
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Barracouta
Literary usage of Barracouta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery to Africa and Arabia: Performed in His by Thomas Boteler (1835)
"The barracouta leaves the river and regains her anchor.—Attack by a Seaman on a
Hippopotamus.—Sail for the River Inhambane. HAVING completed the equipment ..."
2. Notes on the Late Expedition Against the Russian Settlements in Eastern by Paul Bernard Whittingham (1856)
"Evidences of Discharge of a large Body of fresh Water. — Distance of the River Amur.
— Its Current encountered. — Fall in with HMS barracouta. ..."
3. A Shooting Trip to Kamchatka by Elim Pavlovich Demidov (1904)
"... Straits—Enter the Gulf of Tar- tary—A magnificent sunrise—View of the coast
of Asia—barracouta lighthouse and the ..."
4. Cornwall Parish Registers by William Phillimore Watts Phillimore, Thomas Taylor, J. H. Glencross, Thomas Matthews Blagg, William J. Stephens, Joseph Hambley Rowe (1905)
"1788 Daniel Davies, of HMS barracouta, & Anna Jeffery ... ... ... ... 26 Feb.
... Walter Trethewey, of HMS barracouta, & Phoebe Husband . ..."
5. Memoirs of Hydrography: Including Brief Biographies of the Principal by Llewellyn Styles Dawson (1830)
"The barracouta left Table bay October 26th, 1825, anchored off Dassen island,
... Having surveyed this bay, the barracouta and Leven left in company on the ..."
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