Common Names Summary - Serrasalmus spilopleura
Common name of Serrasalmus spilopleura
 
Common name Piranha mafurá
Language Portuguese
Dialect Tupi
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Territory Brazil
Locality
Ref. Ferreira, E.J.G., J. Zuanon and G.M. dos Santos, 1996
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core inanimate object
1st modifier primary lexeme
2nd modifier
Remarks Piranha = scissors (Tibiriçã, 1984) + mafurá = possibly a variation of 'mapará = Siluriformes
(e.g. 9948)
(e.g. oophagy)
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