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Piranha   /pɪrˈænhə/   Listen
Piranha

noun
1.
Someone who attacks in search of booty.  Synonyms: marauder, predator, vulture.
2.
Small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals.  Synonyms: caribe, pirana.






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"Piranha" Quotes from Famous Books



... of piranha, many of which abound in the waters of the Tapajos. The piranha, called also the caribe, is a kind of salmon (Tetragonopterus). They are caught with any kind of bait, their taste being indiscriminate, and their appetite most ravenous. They ...
— The Western World - Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North - and South America • W.H.G. Kingston



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