piranha

English Thesaurus

1. small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	characid, characin, characin fish,
definition	:	any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus serrasalmus, serrasalmus,
definition	:	piranhas (noun.animal)

2. someone who attacks in search of booty (noun.person)

hypernym	:	aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker,
definition	:	someone who attacks (noun.person)

hyponym	:	moss-trooper,
definition	:	a marauder and plunderer (originally operating in the bogs between England and Scotland) (noun.person)

derivation	:	maraud,
definition	:	raid and rove in search of booty (verb.motion)

derivation	:	maraud,
definition	:	raid and rove in search of booty (verb.motion)