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"But what's a barracouta?" demanded the Babe hurriedly.

From Children of the Wild by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir

"When Little Sword saw those long feelers dragging the barracouta down," went on Uncle Andy, after relighting his pipe, "he darted forward like a blue flame and jabbed his sword right through the nearest one."

From Children of the Wild by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir

"Not too fast for a barracouta," said Tom; so we put out lines and watched the stretched strings, and listened to the sea.

From Pieces of Eight by Le Gallienne, Richard

He'd have jabbed the barracouta, and eaten him, too, just as quick as look, but he hated the Inkmaker, and could not think of anything else.

From Children of the Wild by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir

In the maw there were, besides a large quantity of dismembered squid of great size, a number of fish, such as rock-cod, barracouta, schnapper, and the like, whose presence there was a revelation to me.

From The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales by Bullen, Frank T.