"pirarucu" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pi-ˌrär-ə-ˈkü/ [General-American] Forms: pirarucus [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pira Old Tupi pirá Proto-Tupian *ɨrʲuku Proto-Tupi-Guarani *uruku Old Tupi uruku Old Tupi pirauruku Nheengatu pirarukúbor. Brazilian Portuguese pirarucubor. English pirarucu Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese pirarucu. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:bor|pt-BR:pirarucu<id:arapaima>|id=arapaima|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pira Old Tupi pirá Proto-Tupian *ɨrʲuku Proto-Tupi-Guarani *uruku Old Tupi uruku Old Tupi pirauruku Nheengatu pirarukúbor. Brazilian Portuguese pirarucubor. English pirarucu, {{bor+|en|pt-BR|pirarucu}} Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese pirarucu Head templates: {{en-noun}} pirarucu (plural pirarucus)
  1. An arapaima (Arapaima gigas), a large fish of the Amazon. Wikipedia link: Cologne Zoo

Inflected forms

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