piranha
noun/pɪˈrɑːnə/
/pɪˈrɑːnə/
- a small South American freshwater fish that attacks and eats live animalsTopics Fish and shellfishc1Word Originmid 18th cent.: via Portuguese from Tupi-Guarani pirá ‘fish’ + sainha ‘tooth’.
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