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Fearsome fish
Answer for the clue "Fearsome fish ", 7 letters:
piranha
Alternative clues for the word piranha
- A rapacious creature, I managed hospital area under parking
- Predator managed to gatecrash a joint from the basement?
- Underwater menace
- Small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals
- Amazon river carnivore
- Toothy swimmer
- Dangerous Amazon fish
- Ferocious fish
Word definitions for piranha in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. someone who attacks in search of booty [syn: marauder , predator , vulture ] small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals [syn: pirana , caribe ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also pirana , 1869, from Portuguese piranha , from Tupi (Brazil) pira nya , variant of pira'ya , literally "scissors."
Usage examples of piranha.
The piranhas, Hauser knew, had been concentrated in the pool by the subsiding water.
The main reason the Rebels had not fielded the Piranhas prior to this was that the crews had to be trained from scratch on the machine.
Boa constrictors, Komodo dragons, crocodiles, piranhas, ostriches, wolves, lynx, wallabies, manatees, porcupines, orang-utans, wild boar—that’s the sort of rainfall you could expect on your umbrella.
Boa constrictors, Komodo dragons, crocodiles, piranhas, ostriches, wolves, lynx, wallabies, manatees, porcupines, orang-utans, wild boar—that's the sort of rainfall you could expect on your umbrella.
Now Mike's hot off his latest world-record jump over -- I don't know -- fifty fish bowls of piranhas or something, and Maxton -- whose own popularity is fizzling -- leans over the railing and shouts, 'Hey Mr.
But now, because of him, the koala bears had fallen into the sea and the piranhas were taking an interest in them.
Roll-a-Penny, Lucky Dip, Bobbing for Piranhas, that sort of thing.
It was like having pet piranhas in the bath, or a silky rock python in the linen cupboard.
Blofeld said, 'The piranhas and the volcanic mud are useful housekeepers.