pica

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The Indian name of pirarucú is given to it from the native words pira, fish, and urucú, red; in allusion, says Mr Bates, to the red colour of the borders of its scales.

From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by Kingston, William Henry Giles

But Campanini, in Di quella pira, met with more than a success: it was a triumph.

From The Mapleson Memoirs, vol I 1848-1888 by Mapleson, James H.

Last night, when he sang "Di quella pira," people's enthusiasm knew no bounds.

From In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters by Hegermann-Lindencrone, L. de (Lillie de)

Volemus from volema pira, a kind of a pear, so called from the shape of the stem.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha