cariben.

Brit.

/ˈkarᵻbeɪ/,

/kəˈriːbeɪ/, U.S.

/ˈkɛrəˌbeɪ/,

/kəˈribeɪ/

Inflections: Plural unchanged.

Forms: 1800s– caribe, 1900s– cariba.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish caribe.

Etymology: < South American Spanish (Venezuela, Colombia) caribe (1819 in a French context in the passage translated in quot. 1819), specific use of Spanish caribe cruel person (1684), itself a specific, derogatory use of the name of the Carib people (see Carib n.; compare cannibal n. Compounds 1). With the form cariba compare scientific Latin cariba, specific name (in †Sarrasalmo cariba (A. von Humboldt & A. Valenciennes Recherches Poissons Fluviatiles (1821), in A. von Humboldt & A. Bonpland Recueil d'Observations Zoologie & d'Anatomie Comparée II. (1833) 216), now Pygocentrus cariba).

Any one of several piranhas, esp. those of the genus Pygocentrus (formerly in Serrasalmus).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Characoidei > member of family Serrasalmidae (piranha)

perai1769

caribe1820

devil fish1860

piranha1869

serrasalmonoid1880

1819 H. M. Williams tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. IV. xviii. 443 In the morning our Indians caught with a hook the fish known in the country by the name of caribe, or caribito, because no other fish has such a thirst for blood.]

1820 W. Bingley Trav. S. Amer. 99 No one ventures to bathe where the caribe is found, it becomes as great a scourge in the water as the musquito is in the air.

1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 613 The fish hooked is immediately attacked by the ‘Caribe’ (as these fishes are called).

1908 Guide Gallery Fishes (Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist.) 102 The Piranha or Cariba..are not less ferocious than the Tiger-fishes of Africa.

1931 J. R. Norman Hist. Fishes vii. 130 Another fish which is renowned for its ferocity is the Caribe or Piraya (Serrasalmus).

2004 L. Larsen Amazon Peacock Bass Fishing 21 You..may catch several kinds of piranha, which are the embodiment of evil... The most dangerous is the caribe or red-bellied piranha.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	caribe
释义	cariben. Brit. /ˈkarᵻbeɪ/, /kəˈriːbeɪ/, U.S. /ˈkɛrəˌbeɪ/, /kəˈribeɪ/ Inflections: Plural unchanged. Forms: 1800s– caribe, 1900s– cariba. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish caribe. Etymology: < South American Spanish (Venezuela, Colombia) caribe (1819 in a French context in the passage translated in quot. 1819), specific use of Spanish caribe cruel person (1684), itself a specific, derogatory use of the name of the Carib people (see Carib n.; compare cannibal n. Compounds 1). With the form cariba compare scientific Latin cariba, specific name (in †Sarrasalmo cariba (A. von Humboldt & A. Valenciennes Recherches Poissons Fluviatiles (1821), in A. von Humboldt & A. Bonpland Recueil d'Observations Zoologie & d'Anatomie Comparée II. (1833) 216), now Pygocentrus cariba). Any one of several piranhas, esp. those of the genus Pygocentrus (formerly in Serrasalmus). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Characoidei > member of family Serrasalmidae (piranha) perai1769 caribe1820 devil fish1860 piranha1869 serrasalmonoid1880 1819 H. M. Williams tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. IV. xviii. 443 In the morning our Indians caught with a hook the fish known in the country by the name of caribe, or caribito, because no other fish has such a thirst for blood.] 1820 W. Bingley Trav. S. Amer. 99 No one ventures to bathe where the caribe is found, it becomes as great a scourge in the water as the musquito is in the air. 1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 613 The fish hooked is immediately attacked by the ‘Caribe’ (as these fishes are called). 1908 Guide Gallery Fishes (Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist.) 102 The Piranha or Cariba..are not less ferocious than the Tiger-fishes of Africa. 1931 J. R. Norman Hist. Fishes vii. 130 Another fish which is renowned for its ferocity is the Caribe or Piraya (Serrasalmus). 2004 L. Larsen Amazon Peacock Bass Fishing 21 You..may catch several kinds of piranha, which are the embodiment of evil... The most dangerous is the caribe or red-bellied piranha. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1820
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