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pirarucu

US/pɪˌɹɑɹəˈku/

pirarucu noun: an arapaima (Arapaima gigas), a large fish of the Amazon.

pirarucu: an arapaima (Arapaima gigas), a large fish of the Amazon
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Noun

pirarucu (plural pirarucus)

  1. An arapaima (Arapaima gigas), a large fish of the Amazon.

pirarucu meaning in Tamil

pirarucu in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Forms of pirarucu

pluralpirarucus

Origin of pirarucu

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese pirarucu.

Questions about pirarucu

What does pirarucu mean?
Pirarucu means an arapaima (Arapaima gigas), a large fish of the Amazon.
What is pirarucu in Tamil?
Pirarucu in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Pirarucu meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pirarucu?
Pirarucu is a noun.
How do you pronounce pirarucu?
Pirarucu is pronounced /pɪˌɹɑɹəˈku/ (US).
What is the plural of pirarucu?
The plural of pirarucu is pirarucus.

Words near pirarucu in the dictionary

  1. Pirani gauges
  2. Piranis
  3. piraputanga
  4. piraputangas
  5. pirarubicin
  6. pirarucu
  7. pirarucus
  8. piratable
  9. pirate
  10. pirate articles
  11. pirate bug

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pirarucu (page history and authors); pirarucu (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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