caribe (karibe)

[Sp., a Carib, a cannibal: see Carib and cannibal.] The vernacular name of a very voracious South American fish, Ser rasalmo piraya, and other characins of the subfamily Serra salmon inæ (which see). In some localities it is scarcely po ible to catch fishes with the hook and line, as the fish hooked is immediately attacked by the caribe and torn to pieces before it can be withdrawn from the water. Stand . Nat . Hist ., III. 134. Caribee, n. See Caribbee . IMG:content-3147.png:[graphic][merged small] caribou