PIRANA

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 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)

Sense 1

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)