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Answer for the clue "Amazonian carnivore ", 7 letters:
piranha

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Piranha or Piraña, an omnivorous freshwater fish It may also refer to: People Pirana , pseudonym of Belgian cartoonist and comics artist Leon van de Velde. Tribes Pirahã people , an Amazonian tribe Companies Piranha Interactive Publishing , an American ...

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 ]

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And finally, Matt Barton from Norwich can't get past the piranha pond in Creatures. ▪ Hamsters, on the other hand, are a different kettle of piranhas altogether. ▪ He obviously thought she was a man-hungry piranha , and really ...

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.