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 | ||