PIRARUCU


Meaning of PIRARUCU in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pi-ˌrär-ə-ˈkü ]

noun

Etymology: Portuguese, from Tupi pirawrukú, from pirá fish + urukú annatto

Date: 1840

: a very large edible bony fish ( Arapaima gigas of the family Osteoglossidae) of the rivers of northern South America

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