Definitions for piranhas

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piranhas pi·ra·nha

Spelling: [pi-rahn-yuh, -ran- or, often, - Piranhas is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 296 anagrams from letters in piranhas (aahinprs).

Definitions for piranhas

noun

1. any of several small South American freshwater fishes of the genus Serrasalmus that eat other fish and sometimes plants but occasionally also attack humans and other large animals that enter the water.

Origin of piranhas

1865-70; Portuguese Tupi

Examples for piranhas

"But kill that piranha before you try to handle it," she advised seriously.

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Killer fish jumping through the screen, the return of Richard Dreyfuss—piranha 3D has it all.

The piranha, called also the caribe, is a kind of salmon (Tetragonopterus).

piranha was a film that far exceeded our expectations in quality and commercial success.

Killer fish jumping through the screen, the return of Richard Dreyfuss— piranha 3D has it all.

And they lunched quite happily on piranha and pacu—which is smaller—and drank water, and for dessert had more piranha.

piranha 3D, the new horror movie by director Alexandre Aja, which marks the big-screen return of the schlocky creature feature.

The Aug. 20 opening of piranha 3D is hotly anticipated by loads of gore-loving horror-movie buffs.

There are several kinds of piranha, many of which abound in the waters of the Tapajos.