piranha(n = noun.animal) caribe, pirana - small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals; Array
piranha, 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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