pirarucu
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pirarucu
1830–40; < Portuguese < Tupi pirá-rucú literally, red fish
Example Sentences
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From Medio Jurua and other regions, the pirarucu leather must travel several thousand miles by boat to Belem, where it is loaded onto trucks for another long journey to Nova Kaeru headquarters, a multiday trip.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2022
With no previous experience in the Amazon — so different from its home base in Rio — the company nevertheless decided to procure pirarucu skin on its own in the vast region.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2022
Experimenting with the new skins, Filgueiras found he was able to fix the many holes in the pirarucu leather using the same technique he had created for the toad leather.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2022
Most successful of all has been the management of pirarucu.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2022
Salt codfish was twopence per pound cheaper than the vile salt pirarucu of the country.
From The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Bates, Henry Walter
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