candiru

Meaning of candiru

noun

a minute, slender catfish of the Amazon region, feeding by sucking blood from other fishes and sometimes entering the body orifices of mammals. It is notorious for its occasional habit of entering the urethra of human bathers.

mid 19th century: via Portuguese from Tupi candirú .

Information about candiru

  • It is a name.
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Hyphenation of candiru

can-diru

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • candiru is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of candiru

iracund

Words that rhyme with candiru

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