資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Becuna \Be*cu"na\, n. [Sp.] (Zo["o]l.)
A fish of the Mediterranean ({Sphyr[ae]na spet}). See
{Barracuda}.
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}).