Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A South American characinoid fish of the genus Myletes, found in fresh waters, especially of Brazil. Also
paco .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A South American fresh-water fish (
Myletes pacu ), of the familyCharacinidæ . It is highly esteemed as food.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several
South American freshwater fishes related to thepiranha .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Contrary to what Mike Bishop said, I don't think the fish is a sheepshead. it looks a lot more like a pacu, which is what the article said.
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Both are very deadly, the pacu is a cousin of the piranha and the vampire fish has two inch fangs, craziness I tell you.
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There is a pet store in boiling springs, SC, where I work that had a red belly pacu that looks to be about as big as that fish.
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There is a pet store in boiling springs, SC, where I work that had a red belly pacu that looks to be about as big as that fish.
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They include the giant pirarucu fish Arapaima gigas, pacu, Piaractus brachypomus, Metynnis and Mylossoma species, tambaqui, Colossoma macropomum, sardinha Triportheus angulatus which are all hunted, and the smaller carnivorous piranha Serrasalmus spp.
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They are, however, merely pacu teeth, which have a Homo sapiens molar-like appearance to human reporters.
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Landasan pacu bandara Merauke akan di perpanjang menjadi 2,200 meter dari 2,020 meter di masa depan.
EVENT/INCIDENT 2008 ACCORDING TO DATE(NATIONAL&a 2008
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It is easy to google (pacu teeth) several photos that look like the one posted, and see a comparable pix here
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Kecelakaan pesawat ini terjadi beberapa menit menjelang lepas landas dari landasan pacu bandara Internasional Madrid.
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Mesin pesawat terbakar dan menyulut tangki bahan bakar pesawat meledak dan terjatuh di kawasan hutan beberapa meter dari landasan pacu.
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