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Definition of Pirarucus
1. pirarucu [n] - See also: pirarucu
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pirarucus
Literary usage of Pirarucus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Journey in Brazil by Louis Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot (Cary) Agassiz (1868)
"... largest number of fish skeletons and had several of the larger animals of the
country prepared for the Museum ; such as Manatees, Porpoises, pirarucus, ..."
2. Up the Amazon and Madeira Rivers: Through Bolivia and Peru by Edward Davis Mathews (1879)
"... pirarucus, and other fish—Tapirs, huw shot—Oni;as, and other animals— Birds,
wild turkeys, ducks, etc.—Insects, mosquitoes, ants, etc. ..."
3. Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon by William Lewis Herndon, Lardner Gibbon (1854)
"... it was new both to us and to the Guy aba negroes, pirarucus are taken by the
arrow, as they swim near the surface of the water; it has a small head and ..."
4. La France équinoxiale by Henri Anatole Coudreau (1887)
"On traverse deux ou trois avant-lacs avant d'arriver au lac véritable. De là, on
voit s'ébattre aymaras, marsouins, caïmans, pirarucus et ..."
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