pirarucu (plural pirarucus)
A fish, the arapaima (Arapaima gigas).
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Source: Wiktionary
Pi`ra*ru"cu, n. Etym: [From the native South American name.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Same as Arapaima.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 February 2025
(noun) (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
