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Sawfish

Sawfish Meaning & Definition
Sawfish Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Sawfish?

[n] primitive ray with sharp teeth on each edge of a long flattened snout

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See Also | family Pristidae | Pristidae | Pristis pectinatus | ray | smalltooth sawfish

Sawfish In Webster's Dictionary

\Saw"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of elasmobranch fishes of the genus {Pristis}. They have a sharklike form, but are more nearly allied to the rays. The flattened and much elongated snout has a row of stout toothlike structures inserted along each edge, forming a sawlike organ with which it mutilates or kills its prey.

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