caribe Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals
    piranha; pirana.

WordNet


Ca*ri"be noun
Etymology
Sp. a cannibal.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl). A south American fresh water fish of the genus Serrasalmo of many species, remakable for its voracity. When numerous they attack man or beast, often with fatal results.

Webster 1913