English noun: piranha | |||
| 1. | piranha (person) someone who attacks in search of booty | ||
| Synonyms | marauder, predator, vulture | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | moss-trooper | ||
| 2. | piranha (animal) small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals | ||
| Synonyms | caribe, pirana | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | characid, characin, characin fish | ||
| Member meronym | genus Serrasalmus, Serrasalmus | ||