pirarucu
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pirarucu
1830–40; < Portuguese < Tupi pirá-rucú literally, red fish
Example Sentences
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By law, only 30% of the pirarucu in a particular area may be fished the following year.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
Thousands of miles away from the Amazon, down a hilly dirt road on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Nova Kaeru will process about 50,000 skins from legally-caught giant pirarucu or arapaima fish this year.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
But in the big slaughterhouses, where the bulk of the pirarucu catch is processed, the skin was being discarded.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
The backdrop of that tragedy is a decades-old dispute between Indigenous communities and former rubber tappers who were hired by local businessmen to do illegal fishing, targeting mostly the pirarucu.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
They carry their pirarucu to headquarters and courteously offer the best cuts to the Coronel, afterwards cutting the rest into long strips and leaving them to dry in the sun.
From In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians by Algot Lange
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