CARIBE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals

Synonyms:

caribe; pirana; piranha

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("caribe" is a kind of...):

characid; characin; characin fish (any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae)

Holonyms ("caribe" is a member of...):

genus Serrasalmus; Serrasalmus (piranhas)

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