Thename, under its original spelling of Barracuda, wascoined in the Spanish West Indies, and first applied there to alarge voracious fish, Sphyraena pecuda, familySphyraenidae. ), especially to--(1) Eucalyptus corymbosa, Smith,sometimes called Rough-barked bloodwood; (2) E. The colonists call the tree Bull-oak, probablyfrom this native name.
Also called Grass-bird,and New Zealand Pipit. The word is from the Greek phalanx, onemeaning of which is the bone between the joints of the fingersor toes. Ross, `Hobart Town Almanack,' p. Praed, `Longleat of Kooralbyn,' c.
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