Definitions
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- noun Any of various edible freshwater
fish of the genus Pangasius, native to southeast Asia, especially the iridescent shark, Pangasius hypophthalmus. - noun A type of modest-sized, open, outboard-powered, fishing boat common throughout much of the developing world, including Central America, the Caribbean, parts of Africa, the Middle East, and much of Asia.
- noun East Africa, South Africa A large broad-bladed knife.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation
Etymologies
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Examples
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Not ten feet from where we beach the panga is a pickup bed used as a trash dumpster, and inside lies the rotting carapace of an adult Loggerhead turtle - one that might have been the perfect size for a satellite transmitter.
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Not ten feet from where we beach the panga is a pickup bed used as a trash dumpster, and inside lies the rotting carapace of an adult Loggerhead turtle - one that might have been the perfect size for a satellite transmitter.
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Zuger was floating on an ice chest when one of the Erik's smaller fishing boats known as a panga appeared, listing badly and partially submerged.
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Zuger was floating on an ice chest when one of the Erik's smaller fishing boats known as a panga appeared, listing badly and partially submerged.
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Zuger was floating on an ice chest when one of the Erik's smaller fishing boats known as a panga appeared, listing badly and partially submerged.
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The vessel, a small fishing boat known as a panga, apparently came from Mexico and no drugs were found aboard, authorities said.
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The vessel, a small fishing boat known as a panga, apparently came from Mexico and no drugs were found aboard, authorities said.
The Seattle Times 2011
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He was killed with pipes and 'panga' machetes while sleeping, according to a spokesman for his Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (Afrikaner Resistance Movement) party.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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We were up early to catch the 45 minute flight to San Carlos where we would pick up a boat or "panga" to take us down the river to
TravelPod.com TravelStream? ? Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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There is a man up the road who specialise in "panga" or machete killings, he says bluntly.
chained_bear commented on the word panga
A kind of boat. Seen here.
Also: "I sat up late talking with Mayoral and a number of the other boat guides, or pangeros."
July 15, 2009
reesetee commented on the word panga
:-)
July 15, 2009
hernesheir commented on the word panga
It's a fish.
January 2, 2012