great barracuda

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Noun1.great barracuda - large (up to 6 ft) greyish-brown barracuda highly regarded as a food and sport fishgreat barracuda - large (up to 6 ft) greyish-brown barracuda highly regarded as a food and sport fish; may be dangerous to swimmers
Sphyraena barracuda
barracuda - any voracious marine fish of the genus Sphyraena having an elongated cylindrical body and large mouth with projecting lower jaw and long strong teeth
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Great barracuda, familiar to anglers throughout coastal Florida, are built for vicious, lightning-fast attacks.
Tooth and tail: meet the sportfishing community advancing conservation of barracuda and permit in the Lower Keys
Ram feeding involves the predator overtaking its prey by swimming faster than the prey can escape, and is usually associated with fish that have fast jaws and sharp teeth, such as the great barracuda Sphyraena barracuda (Habegger, Motta, Huber, & Deban, 2011).
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Daniel and Susan enjoy a magical time, encountering a spotted eel, a nurse shark, a giant green moray eel and a great barracuda.
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As experienced divers, they feel comfortable leaving the novices and enjoy a magical half hour beneath the waves, encountering a spotted eel, a nurse shark, a giant green moray eel and a great barracuda.
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Daniel and Susan enjoy a magical half hour beneath the waves, encountering a spotted eel, a nurse shark, a giant green moray eel and a great barracuda.
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Incidental captures from longline sites included 1 misty grouper, Epinephelus mystacinus; 1 silk snapper, Lutjanus vivanus; and 1 great barracuda, Sphyraena barracuda.
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