piranha | ||
1. | [ noun ] someone who attacks in search of booty | |
Synonyms: | predator vulture marauder | |
Related terms: | attacker moss-trooper maraud | |
2. | [ noun ] (zoology) small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals | |
Synonyms: | caribe pirana | |
Related terms: | characin Serrasalmus | |
Similar spelling: |
pirana Pirrone Piraino Pieroni |