Sawfish

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any ray (marine fish with a flat body and wing-like fins) of the family Pristidae, having a snout that resembles a saw.

    "2002, Maurice Burton, Robert Burton, Sawfish, entry in International Wildlife Encyclopedia, Volume 16: Rifleman - sea slug, page 2238, The sawlike snout that gives the sawfish its common name may represent up to one-third of its total body length. Despite its sharklike shape, the sawfish is more closely related to rays."

  2. 2
    primitive ray with sharp teeth on each edge of a long flattened snout wordnet

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"2002, Maurice Burton, Robert Burton, Sawfish, entry in International Wildlife Encyclopedia, Volume 16: Rifleman - sea slug, page 2238, The sawlike snout that gives the sawfish its common name may represent up to one-third of its total body length. Despite its sharklike shape, the sawfish is more closely related to rays."

Etymology

From saw + fish.

Related phrases

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