Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A voracious characinoid fish, Serrasalmo piraya, of tropical America.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A large voracious fresh-water fish (
Serrasalmo piraya ) of South America, having lancet-shaped teeth.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Archaic form of
piranha .
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Examples
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Path: piraya! kullmar! seunet! sunic2! mcsun! mcsun! piet From: piet@NIC. EU.net (Piet Beertema)
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These waters contain great quantities of another and smaller fish known as the _piranha_, scientifically termed _Serraselmus piraya_.
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The intermediate appears to be identical with the medium species of the piraya, or piranha, of Marcgrav.
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In the Orinoco another dangerous creature exists, called by the natives piraya, with a head shaped somewhat like a sabre.
The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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The intermediate appears to be identical with the medium species of the piraya, or piranha, of
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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When freedom beckons, Kashmiris respond with "Jeevay Jeevay Pakistan" and "bhooka nanga Hindustan, jaan seh piraya Paksitan."
Bloggers.Pakistan 2008
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