piranha

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English - Turkish
pirana balığı
piranha
Pygocen trus pırava
{i} pirana

Tom piranalar tarafından canlı olarak yenilen bir adam gördüğünü iddia etti. - Tom claimed that he saw a man being eaten alive by piranhas.

Pirana bitkisinin üzerinden atla. - Jump over the piranha plant.

(isim) pirana
Turkish - Turkish
Tropikal Amerika'nın tatlı sularında yaşayan çok yırtıcı bir balık
English - English
Any of the carnivorous freshwater fish living in South American rivers and belonging to the families of Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus
{i} predatory fish found in South America that attacks other fish living animals and occasionally humans
A kind of dangerous fish; may be used in a figurative sense
someone who attacks in search of booty
A carnivorous freshwater fish living in South American rivers and belonging to the families of Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus
small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals
A piranha is a small, fierce fish which is found in South America. a South American fish with sharp teeth that lives in rivers and eats flesh. or caribe Any of several species of deep-bodied, carnivorous fishes in the genus Serrasalmus (family Characidae), abundant in rivers of eastern and central South America and noted for voracity. The red-bellied piranha (S. nattereri) grows to 2 ft (60 cm) long, but most species are smaller. Some species are silvery with an orange belly and throat; others are almost completely black. All have sharp, saw-edged teeth that close in a scissorlike bite. Traveling in groups, they usually prey on other fishes, but red-bellied piranhas occasionally converge on larger animals. Though generally scavengers, they are attracted to the scent of blood and can quickly reduce even a large animal to a skeleton
{i} caribe

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piranhas
serrasalmus
Turkish - English
piranha
piranha

    Hyphenation

    pi·ra·nha

    Turkish pronunciation

    pîränhı

    Pronunciation

    /pəˈranhə/ /pɪˈrænhə/

    Etymology

    () First attested 1869. Up to now there exist at least three versions on where the name piranha comes from: * From a hybrid-language composed of Tupi-Guaraní languages; it may be a compound word made of the components pirá (“fish”) + sanha or ranha (“tooth”). * From Old Tupi pirá (“fish”) + ánha (“cut”). * From Portuguese piranha, from Old Tupi pira nya, variant of pira'ya (“scissors fish”).
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