pirarucu
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pirarucu
1830–40; < Portuguese < Tupi pirá-rucú literally, red fish
Example Sentences
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The pirarucu leather first made inroads in Texas, where it is used in cowboy boots.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
From Medio Jurua and other regions, the pirarucu leather must travel several thousand miles by boat to Belem, where it is loaded onto trucks for another long journey to Nova Kaeru headquarters, a multiday trip.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
In New York City, the luxury brand Piper & Skye has used pirarucu leather for shoulder bags, waist packs and purses that can fetch up to $850.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
Now they are part of the managed fishing of pirarucu, which improved relations between Indigenous people and non-Indigenous.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
At most meals the pirarucu fish appears, especially on Mondays when the rubber-workers have had the whole of Sunday in which to indulge in the sport of shooting this gamy two-hundred-pound fish.
From In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians by Lange, Algot
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