"candiru" meaning in Portuguese

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      "expansion": "Old Tupi",
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  "etymology_text": "From Old Tupi.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "candirus",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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      "expansion": "candiru m (plural candirus)",
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  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
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          "name": "Catfish",
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      "glosses": [
        "candiru (a small parasitic fish, Vandellia cirrhosa, native to the Amazon river)"
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          "candiru",
          "candiru#English"
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        [
          "Vandellia cirrhosa",
          "Wikispecies:Vandellia cirrhosa"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "candirú"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐ̃.d͡ʒiˈɾu/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
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      "ipa": "/kɐ̃.diˈɾu/",
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  ],
  "word": "candiru"
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  "etymology_text": "From Old Tupi.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "candirus",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "candiru m (plural candirus)",
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  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "candiru (a small parasitic fish, Vandellia cirrhosa, native to the Amazon river)"
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          "candiru",
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        ],
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          "Vandellia cirrhosa",
          "Wikispecies:Vandellia cirrhosa"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/kɐ̃.d͡ʒiˈɾu/",
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  "synonyms": [
    {
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        "obsolete"
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      "word": "candirú"
    }
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  "word": "candiru"
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