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SERRASALMUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Piranhas

Synonyms:

genus Serrasalmus; Serrasalmus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Serrasalmus"):

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

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

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

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