ピラルクー
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Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese pirarucu.
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- arapaima (Arapaima gigas)
- 2019 November 30, “君の横顔 [Kimi no Yokogao]” (10:26 from the start), in 食戟のソーマ [Shokugeki no Sōma, Food Wars], season 4, episode 8, spoken by Rindō Kobayashi (Shizuka Itō), Tokyo, via Tokyo MX:
- そう、ピラルクー！アマゾン川流域に生息する世界最大の淡水魚だぜ！
- Sō, pirarukū! Amazongawa ryūiki ni seisoku suru sekai saidai no tansuigyo da ze!
- That's right, the arapaima! It lives in the Amazon River Basin and is the world's largest freshwater fish!
- そう、ピラルクー！アマゾン川流域に生息する世界最大の淡水魚だぜ！