panga

Definitions

1. A large broad-bladed knife.
   Africa, East, South-Africa
2. Any of various edible freshwater fish of the genus Pangasius, native to southeast Asia, especially an iridescent shark, Pangasius hypophthalmus, now reclassified as Pangasianodon hypophthalmus.
3. A small inflatable motorboat used in Latin America.
4. 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.

Equivalents

Examples

“She turned to the small basket she was carrying and took out a panga.”

“Charlie had told me what it had looked like⟳ immediately after the riots. Bodies hacked to pieces with pangas.”

“I pleaded with them to lay⟳ down their arms, to take⟳ each other's hands in peace: ‘Take⟳ your guns, your knives and your pangas, and throw⟳ them into the sea!’”

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