sawfish en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From saw + fish.
Meanings
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Any ray (marine fish with a flat body and wing-like fins) of the family Pristidae, having a snout that resembles a saw.
Smalltooth sawfish native to rivers in south-west Florida appear to have given birth without sex – essentially cloning themselves. The sawfish (Pristis pectinata) – a type of ray that grows up to 7 metres long – is a critically endangered species.[…]The sawfish is the first vertebrate shown to use parthenogenesis in the wild.
2015 June 6, “Sawfish babies don’t need a dad”, in New Scientist, number 3024, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2015, page 17: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 123:2002, 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 closely related to rays.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| sawfish | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| sawfishes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
freshwater sawfish · longcomb sawfish · Queensland sawfish · common sawfish · smalltooth sawfish · knifetooth sawfish · largetooth sawfish · wide sawfish · Leichhardt's sawfish · narrowsnout sawfish · dwarf sawfish · large-tooth sawfish · large-tooth sawfish · green sawfish
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Translations (45)
de Sägefisch (ray with saw-shaped snout) · sh píla (ray with saw-shaped snout) · gl peixe serra (ray with saw-shaped snout) · fr poisson-scie (ray with saw-shaped snout) · ru ры́ба-пила́ (ray with saw-shaped snout) · hu fűrészesrája (ray with saw-shaped snout) · ja 鋸鱝 (ray with saw-shaped snout) · fi saharausku (ray with saw-shaped snout) · fr scie (ray with saw-shaped snout) · sh testèrača (ray with saw-shaped snout) · sh pìlār (ray with saw-shaped snout) · vo saovafit (ray with saw-shaped snout) · tl tagan (ray with saw-shaped snout) · kl eqalussuaq pilattuutitalik (ray with saw-shaped snout) · tr testere balığı (ray with saw-shaped snout) · pl piła (ray with saw-shaped snout) · sh testèrāš (ray with saw-shaped snout) · sv sågfisk (ray with saw-shaped snout) · da savfisk (ray with saw-shaped snout) · cs piloun (ray with saw-shaped snout) · tl lagaring-pating (ray with saw-shaped snout) · grc πρίστις (ray with saw-shaped snout) · de Sägerochen (ray with saw-shaped snout) · ca peix serra (ray with saw-shaped snout) · sl pȋlar (ray with saw-shaped snout) · ckb ھەڕەماسی (ray with saw-shaped snout) · cmn 锯鳐科 (ray with saw-shaped snout) · cy pysgodyn llif (ray with saw-shaped snout) · nv chį́į́h yee achʼiishíhii (ray with saw-shaped snout) · ca serra (ray with saw-shaped snout) · ko 톱 가오리 (ray with saw-shaped snout) · es pez sierra (ray with saw-shaped snout) · ota دستره بالغی (ray with saw-shaped snout) · pl ryba piła (ray with saw-shaped snout) · ast sierra (ray with saw-shaped snout) · it pesce sega (ray with saw-shaped snout) · bg риба трион (ray with saw-shaped snout) · pt peixe-serra (ray with saw-shaped snout) · th ปลาฉนาก (ray with saw-shaped snout) · ja 鋸鱏 (ray with saw-shaped snout) · ota مارانغوز بالغی (ray with saw-shaped snout) · es sierra (ray with saw-shaped snout) · hu fűrészhal (ray with saw-shaped snout) · kk ара-балық (ray with saw-shaped snout) · cy llifbysgodyn (ray with saw-shaped snout)