barracouta

noun

bar·​ra·​cou·​ta ˌber-ə-ˈkü-tə 

ˌba-rə-

: a large elongate marine bony fish (Thyrsites atun of the family Gempylidae) used for food and caught commercially in the waters off New Zealand and southern Australia

Word History

Etymology

modification of American Spanish barracuda

First Known Use

1770, in the meaning defined above