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Piranha
piranha
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
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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 ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
ихт. пиранья (Serrasalmus); pl пираньевые (Serrasalmidae) – big piranha – common piranha – white piranha ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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(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
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- 1869, from Port. piranah, from Tupi (Brazil) pira nya, variant of pira'ya, lit. "scissors." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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