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CARIBE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does caribe mean?
• CARIBE (noun)
The noun CARIBE has 1 sense:
1. small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals
Familiarity information: CARIBE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
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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