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barracouta
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barracouta [ˌbærəˈkuːtə]
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a large predatory Pacific fish, Thyrsites atun, with a protruding lower jaw and strong teeth: family Gempylidae
[variant of barracuda]
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Noun1.barracouta - a large marine food fish common on the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, and southern Africa
snoek
food fish - any fish used for food by human beings
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Thyrsites atun has been an important commercial species in this system since the early 1800s, caught initially with hand lines but also trawled after 1960 (Crawford, 1995).
Life history of South African snoek, Thyrsites atun (Pisces: ... by Griffiths, Marc H. / Fishery Bulletin
 
 
 
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