GENUS SERRASALMUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Piranhas

Synonyms:

genus Serrasalmus; Serrasalmus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Serrasalmus" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Serrasalmus"):

caribe; pirana; piranha (small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals)

Holonyms ("genus Serrasalmus" is a member of...):

Characidae; family Characidae (tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and South America and Central America)