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Definition of Piraya
1. n. A large voracious fresh-water fish (Serrasalmo piraya) of South America, having lancet-shaped teeth.
Definition of Piraya
1. Noun. (archaic form of piranha) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Piraya
1. piranha [n -S] - See also: piranha
Medical Definition of Piraya
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Piraya
Literary usage of Piraya
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. In the Amazon Jungle: Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River by Algot Lange, Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh (1912)
"... piraya. This is quite as much dreaded by the natives as the alligator, or even
as the shark along the coast. Its ferocity seems to know no bounds. ..."
2. The Standard American Encyclopedia of Arts, Sciences, History, Biography by John Clark Ridpath (1897)
"... piraya seldom exceeds 10 or 12 in. in i., but some of the species attain a
considerably larger size. Some of them are very brilliantly colored. ..."
3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"piraya, or PIRAI, the name given in Guiana to ... piraya, and other species of
Serra- salmo, a genus of fishes of the family ..."
4. Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker (1901)
"... very extensive family of fresh-water fishes, confined to tropical America and
Africa south of the Sahara, we select an American form known as the piraya ..."
5. The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge, Rev. with by Selim Hobart Peabody, Charles Francis Richardson (1898)
"... piraya seldom exceed 10 or 12 in. in length, but some of the species attain
a considerably larger size. Some of them are very brilliantly colored. ..."
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