Zool. [mod.L., a. L. sphȳræna, ad. Gr. σφύραινα, f. σφῦρα hammer.] A pike-like fish belonging to the genus Sphyræna or the family represented by this; one of the common species is the barracuda.
1849–52. Owen, in Todd’s Cycl. Anat., IV. II. 876/1. The teeth of the Sphyræna are examples of the ordinary implantation in sockets. Ibid., 880/2. The most formidable dentition … in the order of osseous fishes is that which characterizes the Sphyræna.
