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sawfish
CIDE 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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sawfish, n. any large marine fish of the family Pristidae, with a toothed flat snout used as a weapon.
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