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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
sawfish
    n 1: primitive ray with sharp teeth on each edge of a long
         flattened snout

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sawfish \Saw"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
   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]

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