GENUS SERRASALMUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Serrasalmus mean? 

• GENUS SERRASALMUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS SERRASALMUS has 1 sense:

1. piranhas

  Familiarity information: GENUS SERRASALMUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS SERRASALMUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Piranhas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Serrasalmus; Serrasalmus

Hypernyms ("genus Serrasalmus" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Serrasalmus"):

caribe; pirana; piranha (small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals)

Holonyms ("genus Serrasalmus" is a member of...):

Characidae; family Characidae (tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and South America and Central America)