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sawfish

noun saw·fish \ˈs-ˌfish\

Definition of SAWFISH

:  any of a family (Pristidae) of large elongate rays that resemble sharks but have a long flattened snout with a row of serrate structures along each edge and that live in tropical and subtropical shallow seas and in or near the mouths of rivers
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First Known Use of SAWFISH

1635

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