sawfish Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun primitive ray with sharp teeth on each edge of a long flattened snout

WordNet


Saw"fish` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) 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.

Webster 1913