sawfish

UK: /ˈsɔːˌfɪʃ/ US: (sô′fish′)

Inflections of 'sawfish' (n):

sawfish

npl (Especially as a collective plural—e.g. "Sawfish are nocturnal.")

sawfishes

npl (Mainly used to talk about different types—e.g. "The smallest of all the sawfishes is the dwarf sawfish.")

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

saw•fish  (sô′fish′), n., pl. (esp. collectively) -fish,  (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish•es. 

1. Fish a large, elongated ray of the genus Pristis, living along tropical coasts and lowland rivers, with a bladelike snout bearing strong teeth on each side.

• saw¹ + fish 1655–65

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sawfish / ˈsɔːˌfɪʃ/ noun ( -fish, -fishes)

1. any sharklike ray of the family Pristidae of subtropical coastal waters and estuaries, having a serrated bladelike mouth