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payaras

payaras is the plural of payara.

Meaning of payara

Noun

payara (plural payaras or payara)

  1. Hydrolycus scomberoides, a Venezuelan gamefish with two long fangs protruding from the lower jaw.
    • In his career as a producer and host of hunting and fishing shows for cable television, Trevor Gowdy has tangled with a wide range of trophy game fish, including 1,000-pound hammerheads in the Florida Keys, giant stingrays off the coast of Thailand and razor-toothed payara below Venezuela’s Uraima...2008 June 21, Peter Kaminsky, “Taking His Cue From the Fish”, in New York Times

Questions about payaras

What is payaras the plural of?
Payaras is the plural of payara.

Words near payaras in the dictionary

  1. payao
  2. payaos
  3. Payapa
  4. Payar
  5. payara
  6. payaras
  7. payasam
  8. payasams
  9. Payatas
  10. Payavan
  11. payback

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