Definition of sawfish Sawfish
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What does sawfish mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: sawfishes |
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| sawfish - primitive ray with sharp teeth on each edge of a long flattened snout | ||
| ray cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins | ||
| family pristidae, pristidae large primitive rays with elongated snouts | ||
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Wiktionary 
- sawfish (Noun)
A fish having the snout in a saw shape.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- sawfish (n.)
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.
