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SAWFISH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: sawfishes   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Primitive ray with sharp teeth on each edge of a long flattened snout

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("sawfish" is a kind of...):

ray (cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sawfish"):

Pristis pectinatus; smalltooth sawfish (commonly found in tropical bays and estuaries; not aggressive)

Holonyms ("sawfish" is a member of...):

family Pristidae; Pristidae (large primitive rays with elongated snouts)

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