candiru
/ˌkændɪˈruː/noun
1- a minute, slender catfish of the Amazon region, feeding by sucking blood from other fishes and sometimes entering the body orifices of mammals. It is notorious for its occasional habit of entering the urethra of human bathers.寄生鲇。
1.1
- Vandellia cirrhosa, family Trichomycteridae.拉丁名Vandellia cirrhosa,毛鼻鲇科。
词源
mid 19th cent.: via Portuguese from Tupi candirú.