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PIRANA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals
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Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pirana" is a kind of...):
characid; characin; characin fish (any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae)
Holonyms ("pirana" is a member of...):
genus Serrasalmus; Serrasalmus (piranhas)