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noun
Any of a number of species of fish with stripes on their bodies, otherwise fearsome appearance, or aggressive predatory behavior, including, among others:
Any fish in the percoid genus Datnioides.
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Any of a number of species of fish with stripes on their bodies, otherwise fearsome appearance, or aggressive predatory behavior, including, among others:
Any barracuda.
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Any of a number of species of fish with stripes on their bodies, otherwise fearsome appearance, or aggressive predatory behavior, including, among others:
Any of the species Hoplias malabaricus and related characins in the family Erythrinidae.
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Any of a number of species of fish with stripes on their bodies, otherwise fearsome appearance, or aggressive predatory behavior, including, among others:
Any of the genus Pterois of east Asian lionfishes.
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Any of a number of species of fish with stripes on their bodies, otherwise fearsome appearance, or aggressive predatory behavior, including, among others:
Any of the family Pimelodidae of catfishes.
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Usage: Guyana
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Any of a number of species of fish with stripes on their bodies, otherwise fearsome appearance, or aggressive predatory behavior, including, among others:
Any fish in the genus Hydrocynus of characins.
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Usage: Africa
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Any of a number of species of fish with stripes on their bodies, otherwise fearsome appearance, or aggressive predatory behavior, including, among others:
A cichlid of species Rhamphochromis longiceps, native to the Lake Malawi basin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Africa, East
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Any of a number of species of fish with stripes on their bodies, otherwise fearsome appearance, or aggressive predatory behavior, including, among others:
jarbua terapon and related species in the family Terapontidae.
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Qualifier: Asia
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A sea cucumber of the Indian Ocean (Bohadschia atra).
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History
From tiger + fish.
