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Aimara

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Aymara. alt-of, alternative
Noun
  1. 1
    A South American freshwater river fish, Hoplias aimara.

    "Release of fishing pressure after a 25 year period (Fig. 40) revealed that aimara increased rapidly becoming the dominant species, and that pavon declined drastically as aimara became abundant. Payara showed a slight increase ..."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of Aymara. alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only

Etymology

From a native name; said by Century to be Tupi, but perhaps in fact Cariban: contrast Emerillon taɾeʔiɾ (“aïmara”) with Trió aimara (“anjumara”).

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