What's the difference between barracuda and kingfish?

Barracuda


Definition:

  • (n.) Alt. of Barracouata

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Barracuda should never be eaten, and travelers should exercise caution when considering other fish dishes, notably, grouper and red snapper.
  • (2) The main attraction lies in the sea – angelfish, barracuda, parrotfish, colourful coral and the turtles that inspired its name.
  • (3) The stable carbon and nitrogen isotope contents of the meat tissues of 27 identifiable fish found in the gut contents of 70 ciguatoxic and non-ciguatoxic barracuda caught along the southwest coast of Puerto Rico have been analyzed.
  • (4) The isotope ratios of those fish found in the stomach contents of ciguatoxic barracuda were significantly different than ratios determined in those fish found in the stomachs of non-ciguatoxic barracuda.
  • (5) The ts values of these CTX were identical for five species (40-44 min) but not for S. barracuda (29-32 min).
  • (6) "We used to catch the bigger fish like the barracuda, the capitaine and the dorade.
  • (7) Cigautoxins (CTX) were extracted from flesh and viscera of seven large roving predatory fishes: Caranx bartholomaei, Caranx latus, Seriola dumerili, Alectis crinitus, Scomberomorus cavalla, Sphyraena barracuda and Gymnothorax funebris.
  • (8) French company DCNS beat bids from Germany and Japan to win the $50bn contract to deliver 12 Barracuda submarines, with the bulk of building to take place at Osborne shipyards in Adelaide.
  • (9) Photograph: Graeme Robertson The "sluggish black smear on the Atlantic" was an eyesore but Dutch experts dispatched by the ship's owners, the Bahamas-based Barracuda Tanker Corporation, itself part-owned by the American Union Oil company, insisted the ship could be salvaged.
  • (10) A patient who became ill and who developed prolonged and symptomatic orthostatic hypotension with ciguatera fish poisoning after eating barracuda is described.
  • (11) Analysis of food-specific attack rates implicated the barracuda as the probable cause of the outbreak.
  • (12) The Shortfin Barracuda will remain in service until the 2060s and will be updated and upgraded with new technology developed in France and Australia,” he said.
  • (13) Tick, tick, tick: the five timebombs threatening Turnbull's campaign | Kristina Keneally Read more The award of the $50bn contract to French shipbuilder DCNS means the fleet will be new Barracuda-class submarines which will be built to Australian specifications for a conventional, non-nuclear powered submarine.
  • (14) Relatively speaking Dayton are actually the most improved, having leapfrogged Antigua Barracudas out of last place - but Harrisburg's resilience and Charlotte's neat play in the Cup, has temporarily stalled in the league as both have lost touch with the leaders.
  • (15) The solution was tested on fish (mullet, rockfish, and barracuda) lens nuclei, which produced weak extracts with other extraction media.
  • (16) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Calm retreat … Parata Grande hotel From being a place of confinement it’s now one of the greatest scuba diving spots in Italy, brimming with friendly barracudas and gigantic groupers.
  • (17) Fish species considered ciguatoxic includes red emperor, red snapper, roundfaced batfish, barracuda and blue lined sea-bream.
  • (18) G. funebris and S. barracuda had an especially high content of unstable fast-acting CTX.
  • (19) The chef makes homemade barracuda-stuffed ravioli and octopus cocktails.
  • (20) Various species of fish (surgeonfish, snapper, grouper, barracuda, jack, amberjack among others) have been implicated in this type of poisoning.

Kingfish


Definition:

  • (n.) An American marine food fish of the genus Menticirrus, especially M. saxatilis, or M. nebulosos, of the Atlantic coast; -- called also whiting, surf whiting, and barb.
  • (n.) The opah.
  • (n.) The common cero; also, the spotted cero. See Cero.
  • (n.) The queenfish.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Meanwhile, there was some positive news in the UK retail sector as B&Q owner, Kingfisher , saw sales in the country increase 5.7% during the three months to end of October, compared with a year earlier.
  • (2) Nine current FTSE 100 chief executives, including Smith Group's Philip Bowman, Kingfisher's Ian Cheshire, Diageo's Paul Welsh and Centrica's Sam Laidlaw sit on the remuneration committees of fellow blue chip companies.
  • (3) Kingfisher, the UK home improvement retailer, announced a set of ambitious net positive targets in 2012 including its goal of “global net reforestation”.
  • (4) In contrast, the Kingfisher team works in one small room so that all information gathered is instantly shared: “We even want our phone calls overheard by the rest of the team,” says MacInnes, “because we’ve realised the power of sharing even the smallest piece of information with the rest of the team.
  • (5) Sutherland, who took the helm on May 1 after leaving Kingfisher’s B&Q, said on the group’s Facebook page that “an individual or individuals” were determined to undermine him.
  • (6) There was an altercation with guards, after which the roommate was removed to the Kingfisher isolation unit for three days.
  • (7) Keep your eyes peeled for Spawning salmon or sea trout, kingfishers or dippers, or even an otter or a seal in the river.
  • (8) In 2009, parent company Kingfisher's new boss Ian Cheshire announced a repositioning of the China business as losses mounted to £50m.
  • (9) That’s how you start putting together the jigsaw.” Kingfisher’s approach involves social workers, whose caseloads are considerably lighter than is usual, adopting the skills of detectives – and detectives using the skills of social workers.
  • (10) "The actual position is not changed because of this order," Kingfisher said in a statement this weekend.
  • (11) In a letter to the Financial Times, Ian Cheshire, chief executive of Kingfisher, Charlie Mayfield, chairman of the John Lewis Partnership, and Andy Clarke, chief executive of Asda, called for the moratorium.
  • (12) Kingfisher refused to comment on Monday's meeting, which was described as "inconclusive" in the local media.
  • (13) Kingfishers flashed by, bright white egrets pottered around but there was no sign of the beavers.
  • (14) The billionaire liquor baron fled to the UK last year owing hundreds of millions of dollars to creditors and facing charges including money laundering, in connection to the collapse of his business venture Kingfisher Airlines.
  • (15) Sir Ian Cheshire , outgoing boss of B&Q Kingfisher, is another retailer with a track record of taking on troubled firms.
  • (16) 1984 British retailer Kingfisher buys Comet for £129m.
  • (17) Wade across the river – catch a flash of kingfisher green among the mangroves – and two miles of deserted beach lie ahead.
  • (18) Two of 9 sacred kingfishers were infected with ovoid-truncated, 22 (19-25) X 16 (12-18) micron oocysts of E. duncani.
  • (19) The distribution of delta5 3beta-hydroxüsteroid dehydrogenase (delta5 3beta-HSDH), 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (17beta-HSDH), Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PDH) and NADH-diaphorase enzymes has been histochemically studied in the interrenal gland and the ovary of the stork-billed kingfisher, Pelargopsis capensis (Linn.).
  • (20) Controlled by the flamboyant Mallya – the 56-year-old self-styled "King of Good Times" – Kingfisher's fleet has been grounded since the start of the month when a staff protest turned violent.

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