1. (noun) barracouta, Thyrsites atun - a long slender fish, metallic blue on back and sides, silvery below. Head pointed with prominent, large, sharp, dagger-like teeth.
I Te Wai Pounamu ka hopukina te mangā mā te pohau (Te Ara 2011). / In the South Island barracouta were caught using a large wooden hook with a bone barb.
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