Meanings
nounmatrinxã (plural matrinxãs or matrinxã)
plural matrinxãs
- A freshwater fish from South American rivers (Brycon amazonicus)
Matrinxã production is mainly destined to fee-fishing or sold directly to the marketplace as food fish.
2009, Francielle Bonet Ferraz, Levy Carvalho Gomes, “Social relationship as inducer of immunological and stress responses in matrinxã (Brycon amazonicus)”, in Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, volume 153, number 3, Elsevier BV, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 293–296
Origin
- Portuguesematrinxã
- Portuguesematrinxã
- Englishmatrinxã
Borrowed from Portuguese matrinxã.
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APA
matrinxã. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/matrinx%C3%A3
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“matrinxã.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/matrinx%C3%A3. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “matrinxã,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/matrinx%C3%A3.
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