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pacu

pacu noun: any of certain freshwater fish of the family Serrasalmidae, endemic to South America; they are characterised by squarish, human-like teeth and a mainly herbivorous diet.

pacu: any of certain freshwater fish of the family Serrasalmidae, endemic to South America; they are...
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Noun

pacu (plural pacus)

  1. Any of certain freshwater fish of the family Serrasalmidae, endemic to South America; they are characterised by squarish, human-like teeth and a mainly herbivorous diet.

pacu meaning in Tamil

pacu in Tamil

பதார்த்தம், திரிபதார்த்தம்

Forms of pacu

pluralpacus

Origin of pacu

From Portuguese pacu, from Old Tupi paku.

Words formed from pacu

Phrases with pacu

Questions about pacu

What does pacu mean?
Pacu means any of certain freshwater fish of the family Serrasalmidae, endemic to South America; they are characterised by squarish, human-like teeth and a mainly herbivorous diet.
What is pacu in Tamil?
Pacu in Tamil is பதார்த்தம், திரிபதார்த்தம். See Pacu meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pacu?
Pacu is a noun.
What is the plural of pacu?
The plural of pacu is pacus.

Words near pacu in the dictionary

  1. Pactolian
  2. Pactolus
  3. pacts
  4. pactum de non petendo
  5. pactum illicitum
  6. pacu
  7. pacu jawi
  8. Pacupac
  9. pacus
  10. pacuvirus
  11. pacuviruses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pacu (page history and authors); pacu (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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