Definitions
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals
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Examples
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No science fiction convention, no pimping art, no pirana puppy.
Congrats, Anne and Brian! frankwu 2009
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And those of us who do our best to raise mindful, empathic, self-regulated individuals have to throw them into the pirana pool at some point in their tender lives.
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Sheesh: If you are going to risk your career, wouldn't you find something less, pirana-like, to blow it on?
Obama and openness 2009
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He screamed until his throat burst and with parted jaws, I consumed his history like a school of starving pirana.
Killer of Killers Matthew Sanborn Smith 2006
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He screamed until his throat burst and with parted jaws, I consumed his history like a school of starving pirana.
Archive 2006-09-01 Matthew Sanborn Smith 2006
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When they're going to use an arrow they put the point between the teeth of a little fish's jaw -- sort o 'pirana thing like them here in the river.
Rob Harlow's Adventures A Story of the Grand Chaco George Manville Fenn 1870
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Jungle walking, meeting natives from the tribe Tukano, pirana fishing and cayman spotting as well as a visit to the area monkeys are seen.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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Jungle walking, meeting natives from the tribe Tukano, pirana fishing and cayman spotting as well as a visit to the area monkeys are seen.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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Jungle walking, meeting natives from the tribe Tukano, pirana fishing and cayman spotting as well as a visit to the area monkeys are seen.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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I really noticed it in the All-Stars 'SMB1, when I could no longer do those running jumps over the pipes-with-pirana-plants like I could on the NES.
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