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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
candiru /ˌkandɪˈruː/

▶noun a minute, slender bloodsucking catfish of the Amazon region, sometimes entering the body orifices of mammals. [Vandellia cirrhosa.]

– origin C19: via Port. from Tupi candirú.

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