PIRANA
Dictionary entry overview: What does pirana mean? • PIRANA (noun)
The noun PIRANA has 1 sense:
1. small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals
Familiarity information: PIRANA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PIRANA (noun)
Meaning:
Small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
caribe; pirana; piranha
Hypernyms ("pirana" is a kind of...):
characid; characin; characin fish (any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae)
Holonyms ("pirana" is a member of...):
genus Serrasalmus; Serrasalmus (piranhas)
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