plural piranhas or piranha
: any of various usually small South American characin fishes (genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus) that have very sharp teeth, often appear in schools, and include some that may attack and inflict dangerous wounds upon humans and large animals
called also caribe
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Bradford Dillman and Maggie McKeown are the leads while Kevin McCarthy is the government scientist who created a strain of deadly piranha.
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Clark Collis, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024
The set also includes two coins inspired by the classic game, in addition to a buildable brick pipe to place the piranha in.
—Kelsey Fredricks, People.com, 10 Oct. 2024
When Carrie’s first period arrives in the school showers, her classmates react with all the empathy of a piranha feeding frenzy.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
As Richard, the deceased father of Jenna Ortega’s Astrid Deetz, Santiago Cabrera got a combination of prosthetics and makeup for the puppet piranha fish biting at his face, neck and body.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
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Clark Collis, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024
The set also includes two coins inspired by the classic game, in addition to a buildable brick pipe to place the piranha in.
—Kelsey Fredricks, People.com, 10 Oct. 2024
When Carrie’s first period arrives in the school showers, her classmates react with all the empathy of a piranha feeding frenzy.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
As Richard, the deceased father of Jenna Ortega’s Astrid Deetz, Santiago Cabrera got a combination of prosthetics and makeup for the puppet piranha fish biting at his face, neck and body.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
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piranha
noun
pi·ra·nha
pə-ˈran-yə 
-ˈrän-(y)ə
-ˈrän-(y)ə
: any of various usually small flesh-eating South American freshwater fishes that have very sharp teeth, often occur in groups, and include some that may attack human beings and animals in the water
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