piranha
any of several small South American freshwater fishes of the genus Serrasalmus that eat other fish and sometimes plants but occasionally also attack humans and other large animals that enter the water.
Origin of piranha
1- Also called caribe.
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How to use piranha in a sentence
“I would be a figment of people’s imagination at this point if she didn’t guard me and keep me away from every potential Me Too moment, every piranha that was out there waiting to get their teeth into this young blood,” she said.
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"But kill that piranha before you try to handle it," she advised seriously.
And they lunched quite happily on piranha and pacu—which is smaller—and drank water, and for dessert had more piranha.
The piranha, called also the caribe, is a kind of salmon (Tetragonopterus).
The Western World | W.H.G. KingstonThere are several kinds of piranha, many of which abound in the waters of the Tapajos.
The Western World | W.H.G. Kingston
British Dictionary definitions for piranha
piraa
/ (pɪˈrɑːnjə) /
any of various small freshwater voracious fishes of the genus Serrasalmus and related genera, of tropical America, having strong jaws and sharp teeth: family Characidae (characins)
Origin of piranha
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