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

1. A large voracious fresh water fish (Serrasalmo piraya) of South America, having lancet-shaped teeth. Origin: From the native name. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Piraya

pirate articles
pirate flag
pirate radio
pirate round
pirate ship
pirate ships
pirated
piratelike
pirater
piraters
pirates
piratic
piratical
piratically
pirating
piraya (current term)
pirayas
pirbuterol
pirenzepine
piretanide
piretite
pirfenidone
piribedil
piridosal
pirie
piriform
piriform area
piriform cortex
piriform fossa
piriform lobe

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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