pirana

Other forms: piranas

Definitions of pirana
  1. noun
    small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals
    synonyms: caribe, piranha
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    type of:
    characid, characin, characin fish
    any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae
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