picuda
(pɪˈkuːdə)
[Amer. Sp., f. Sp. picudo, -a pointed, sharp.]
The great barracuda, Sphyræna barracuda, of the family Sphyrænidæ, a large marine fish found in oceans bordering eastern central America, from Florida to Brazil.
| 1931 B. Miall tr. Guenther's Naturalist in Brazil ii. 48 There is also, on the coast of north-eastern Brazil, a fish of the Mullet family, the Picuda, which is sometimes as much as six feet in length. 1963 H. Ulrich America's Best Deep-Sea Fishing ii. 102 Barracuda... Other Names: Great barracuda, common barracuda, picuda, sea tiger, cuda. 1975 Felton & Fowler Best, Worst & most Unusual 234 The men work two or three short days a week fishing for picuda. |