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Etymology
First attested w:1869|1869. Up to now there exist at least three versions on where the name piranha comes from:
from a hybrid language composed of Tupi-Guarani languages; it may be a compound word made of the components pirá, fish + sanha or ranha, tooth.
from Tupi pirá, fish + ánha, cut
from Portuguese piranha#Portuguese|piranha, from Tupi pira nya, variant of pira'ya, literally scissors fish.
Noun
piranha (plural: piranhas)
#A kind of dangerous fish; may be used in a figurative sense.
#A carnivorous freshwater fish living in South American rivers and belonging to the families of Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus.
Translations
Czech: pira�a f
Dutch: piranha#Dutch|piranha
Finnish: piraija
French: piranha#French|piranha m
German: Piranha m
Norwegian: piraya
Polish: pirania f
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Portuguese: piranha#Portuguese|piranha f
Romanian: pirania
Russian: пи�ан�� (pirán�ja) f
Spanish: piraña f
Swedish: piraya
Turkish: pirana
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piranha f
- #English|piranha.
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