aimara

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

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"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 ..."
"Abak Ekwa means “the land of many avocado trees”; Haimara Ekwa means “the land of many aimara fish” (Hoplias aimara)."

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

aimaras (plural)

anjumara

Questions

What does aimara mean?

A South American freshwater river fish, Hoplias aimara.

Where does aimara come from?

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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