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Piranha

piranha
- 1869, from Port. piranah, from Tupi (Brazil) pira nya, variant of pira'ya, lit. "scissors."
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1.
  ~ n a South American fish with sharp teeth that lives in rivers and eats flesh ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
2.
  (piranhas, or piranha) A piranha is a small, fierce fish which is found in South America. N-COUNT ...
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
3.
   noun  Etymology: Portuguese, from Tupi piraja, piran?a, from pira fish + aja, an?a tooth  Date: 1861 any of various usually small South American characin fishes (genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus) that have very sharp teeth, often appear in schools, and include some that may attack and inflict dangerous wounds upon humans and large animals — called also caribe ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
4.
  n. (also piraya) any of various freshwater predatory fish of the genera Pygocentrus, Rooseveltiella, or Serrasalmus, native to S. America and having sharp cutting teeth. Etymology: Port. f. Tupi, var. of piraya scissors ...
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5.
  ихт. пиранья (Serrasalmus); pl пираньевые (Serrasalmidae) – big piranha – common piranha – white piranha ...
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6.
  noun zool. пиранья ...
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