piranha 
1. small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals • Syn: pirana, caribe • Hypernyms: characin, characin fish, characid • Member Holonyms: Serrasalmus, genus Serrasalmus 2. someone who attacks in search of booty • Syn: marauder, predator, vulture • Derivationally related forms: maraud (for: marauder) • Hypernyms: attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter • Hyponyms: moss-trooper
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