sawfish
sawfish noun: any ray (marine fish with a flat body and wing-like fins) of the family Pristidae, having a snout that resembles a saw.
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Noun
sawfish (plural sawfishes or sawfish)
- Any ray (marine fish with a flat body and wing-like fins) of the family Pristidae, having a snout that resembles a saw.
- 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.2002, Maurice Burton, Robert Burton, Sawfish, entry in International Wildlife Encyclopedia, Volume 16: Rifleman - sea slug, page 2238
- Because of their sharklike appearance, people often refer to the sawfishes as sharks. However, they are actually related to the skates and rays because the gills are ventral, the eyes are on top of the head, and the pectoral fins are attached to the head.2006, Glenn R. Parsons, Sharks, Skates, and Rays of the Gulf of Mexico: A Field Guide, page 123
sawfish meaning in Tamil, Tagalog and Thai
sawfish in Tamil
- நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்
sawfish in Tagalog
- ray with saw-shaped snout
- lagaring-pating, tagan
sawfish in Thai
- ray with saw-shaped snout
- ปลาฉนาก
Forms of sawfish
| plural | sawfishes |
|---|---|
| plural | sawfish |
Origin of sawfish
From saw + fish.
Words formed from sawfish
- common sawfish
- dwarf sawfish
- freshwater sawfish
- green sawfish
- knifetooth sawfish
- largetooth sawfish
- large-tooth sawfish
- Leichhardt's sawfish
- longcomb sawfish
- narrowsnout sawfish
- Queensland sawfish
- smalltooth sawfish
- wide sawfish
Questions about sawfish
- What does sawfish mean?
- Sawfish means any ray (marine fish with a flat body and wing-like fins) of the family Pristidae, having a snout that resembles a saw.
- What is sawfish in Tamil?
- Sawfish in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Sawfish meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is sawfish?
- Sawfish is a noun.
- What is the plural of sawfish?
- The plural of sawfish is sawfishes.
Words near sawfish in the dictionary
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