Payara
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Payara is a noun meaning Hydrolycus scomberoides, a Venezuelan gamefish with two long fangs protruding from the lower jaw.
Meaning
Hydrolycus scomberoides, a Venezuelan gamefish with two long fangs protruding from the lower jaw.
Example Sentences
In his career as a producer and host of hunting and fishing shows for cable television, Trevor Gowdy has tangled with a wide range of trophy game fish, including 1,000-pound hammerheads in the Florida Keys, giant stingrays off the coast of Thailand and razor-toothed payara below Venezuela’s Uraima Falls.
Word Forms
- payaras
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include comber, pacu, carapo, barracuda, barracudina, gaper.
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