Piranha (song)
WordNet
noun
(1) Small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals
(2) Someone who attacks in search of booty
WiktionaryText
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- languages; it may be a compound word made of the components + or .
- From + .
- From , from , variant of .
Noun
- Any of the carnivorous freshwater fish living in South American rivers and belonging to the families of Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus.