Caribe

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Caribe \Ca*ri"be\, n. [Sp. a cannibal.] (Zool).
     A south American fresh water fish of the genus {Serrasalmo}
     of many species, remarkable for its voracity. When numerous
     they attack man or beast, often with fatal results.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  caribe
       n : small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South
           America that attack and destroy living animals [syn: {piranha},
            {pirana}]