sawfish
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sawfish
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noun sawfishes · sawfish
- 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 clo
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noun ray with saw-shaped snout
| Español | pez sierra, sierra |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 톱 가오리 top gaori |
| 日本語 | 鋸鱝, 鋸鱏 nokogiriei |
| 中文 | 锯鳐科 |
| Português | peixe-serra |
| Français | poisson-scie, scie |
| Deutsch | Sägefisch, Sägerochen |
| Italiano | pesce sega |
| Русский | ры́ба-пила́ rýba-pilá |
Talk about this word "sawfish." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sawfish. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sawfish. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sawfish "sawfish." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sawfish.
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@misc{sawfish_2026,
title = {sawfish},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sawfish},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
