"sawfish" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sawfishes [plural], sawfish [plural]
Etymology: From saw + fish. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|saw|fish}} saw + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|+|sawfish}} sawfish (plural sawfishes or sawfish)
  1. Any ray (marine fish with a flat body and wing-like fins) of the family Pristidae, having a snout that resembles a saw. Wikipedia link: sawfish Categories (lifeform): Rays and skates Related terms: Pristidae, ray Translations (ray with saw-shaped snout): πρίστις (prístis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), sierra (Asturian), риба трион (riba trion) [masculine] (Bulgarian), peix serra [masculine] (Catalan), serra [feminine] (Catalan), 锯鳐科 (Chinese Mandarin), piloun [masculine] (Czech), savfisk [common-gender] (Danish), saharausku (Finnish), poisson-scie [masculine] (French), scie [feminine] (French), peixe serra [masculine] (Galician), Sägefisch [masculine] (German), Sägerochen [masculine] (German), eqalussuaq pilattuutitalik (Greenlandic), fűrészhal (Hungarian), fűrészesrája (Hungarian), pesce sega [masculine] (Italian), 鋸鱝 (Japanese), 鋸鱏 (nokogiriei) (alt: ノコギリエイ) (Japanese), ара-балық (ara-balyq) (Kazakh), 톱 가오리 (top gaori) (Korean), chį́į́h yee achʼiishíhii (Navajo), دستره بالغی (destere balığı) (Ottoman Turkish), مارانغوز بالغی (marangoz balığı) (Ottoman Turkish), piła [feminine] (Polish), ryba piła [feminine] (Polish), peixe-serra [masculine] (Portuguese), ры́ба-пила́ (rýba-pilá) [feminine] (Russian), testèrača [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), testèrāš [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pìlār [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), píla [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pȋlar [masculine] (Slovene), pez sierra [masculine] (Spanish), sierra [feminine] (Spanish), sågfisk [common-gender] (Swedish), lagaring-pating (Tagalog), tagan (Tagalog), ปลาฉนาก (Thai), testere balığı (Turkish), saovafit (Volapük), llifbysgodyn [masculine] (Welsh), pysgodyn llif [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-sawfish-en-noun-8qH~W-T7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Kazakh terms with redundant script codes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Asturian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greenlandic translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Volapük translations, Terms with Welsh translations Derived forms: dwarf sawfish (alt: = Queensland sawfish), freshwater sawfish (alt: = largetooth sawfish), green sawfish (alt: = longcomb sawfish), knifetooth sawfish (taxonomic: Anoxypristis cuspidata), common sawfish (taxonomic: Pristis pristis), largetooth sawfish, large-tooth sawfish (alt: may = P. pristis) (taxonomic: Pristis microdon; disputed), large-tooth sawfish (alt: may = P. pristis) (taxonomic: Pristis perotteti; disputed), Leichhardt's sawfish (alt: = largetooth sawfish), longcomb sawfish (taxonomic: Pristis zijsron), narrowsnout sawfish (alt: = longcomb sawfish), Queensland sawfish (taxonomic: Pristis clavata), smalltooth sawfish (taxonomic: Pristis pectinata), wide sawfish (alt: = smalltooth sawfish)

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          "word": "eqalussuaq pilattuutitalik"
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          "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
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          "word": "pesce sega"
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          "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
          "word": "鋸鱝"
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          "alt": "ノコギリエイ",
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          "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
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          "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
          "word": "톱 가오리"
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      "alt": "= smalltooth sawfish",
      "word": "wide sawfish"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From saw + fish.",
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        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
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        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Volapük translations",
        "Terms with Welsh translations",
        "en:Rays and skates"
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        {
          "text": "2002, Maurice Burton, Robert Burton, Sawfish, entry in International Wildlife Encyclopedia, Volume 16: Rifleman - sea slug, page 2238,\nThe 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."
        },
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          "ref": "2006, Glenn R. Parsons, Sharks, Skates, and Rays of the Gulf of Mexico: A Field Guide, page 123:",
          "text": "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.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2015 June 6, “Sawfish babies don’t need a dad”, in New Scientist, number 3024, archived from the original on 2015-09-05, page 17:",
          "text": "Smalltooth sawfish native to rivers in south-west Florida appear to have given birth without sex – essentially cloning themselves.\nThe 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.",
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        }
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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."
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          "ray",
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          "Pristidae#Translingual"
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    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "word": "sierra"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "riba trion",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "риба трион"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "peix serra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "serra"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "word": "锯鳐科"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "piloun"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "savfisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "word": "saharausku"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "poisson-scie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "scie"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "peixe serra"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sägefisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sägerochen"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "prístis",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "πρίστις"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "word": "eqalussuaq pilattuutitalik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "word": "fűrészhal"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "word": "fűrészesrája"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "pesce sega"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "word": "鋸鱝"
    },
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      "alt": "ノコギリエイ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nokogiriei",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "word": "鋸鱏"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "ara-balyq",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "word": "ара-балық"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "top gaori",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "word": "톱 가오리"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "word": "chį́į́h yee achʼiishíhii"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "destere balığı",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "word": "دستره بالغی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "marangoz balığı",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "word": "مارانغوز بالغی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piła"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ryba piła"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "peixe-serra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rýba-pilá",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ры́ба-пила́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "testèrača"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "testèrāš"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pìlār"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "píla"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pȋlar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pez sierra"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sierra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sågfisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "word": "lagaring-pating"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "word": "tagan"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "word": "ปลาฉนาก"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "word": "testere balığı"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "word": "saovafit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "llifbysgodyn"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "ray with saw-shaped snout",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pysgodyn llif"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sawfish"
}

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