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Where does “barracuda” come from?

barracuda (English) comes from Spanish barracuda, from Catalan barracó — snaggletooth.

barracuda (English): Any large marine fish of the genus Sphyraena that...

Definitions

  1. Any large marine fish of the genus Sphyraena that...

Ancestry of “barracuda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishbarracudabarracuda
2Catalanbarracósnaggletooth

Words derived from “barracuda”

  • barracudalike
  • barracuda
Every word from Catalan barracó →