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noun, plural pi·ra·nhas, (especially collectively) pi·ra·nha.
any of several small South American freshwater fishes of the genus Serrasalmus that eat other fish and sometimes plants but occasionally also attack humans and other large animals that enter the water.
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piranha
1869, from Port. piranha, from Tupi (Brazil) pira nya, variant of pira'ya, lit. "scissors."
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