paiche
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[edit]Noun
[edit]paiche (plural paiches)
- The arapaima, also called the pirarucu, Arapaima gigas.
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[edit]Noun
[edit]paiche m (plural paiches)
- the arapaima (Arapaima gigas)
- 2015 November 20, “Tortugas, paiches y gamitanas”, in El País[1]:
- Arapaima gigas es el nombre científico del gigantesco paiche amazónico —pirarucú en Brasil—, un pez extraordinario que puede superar los 200 kilos de peso, y el fundo es una sucesión de pozas que se alternan con praderas ocupando unas 80 hectáreas de terreno.
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