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piranha
DEFINITIONS OF:
piranha
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n
small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals
Synonyms:
caribe
,
pirana
Type of:
characid
,
characin
,
characin fish
any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae
n
someone who attacks in search of booty
Synonyms:
marauder
,
predator
,
vulture
Types:
moss-trooper
a marauder and plunderer (originally operating in the bogs between England and Scotland)
Type of:
aggressor
,
assailant
,
assaulter
,
attacker
someone who attacks
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