A fish having a single hornlike process on the snout, as a swordfish. Also: the narwhal, Monodon monoceros. Now chiefly historical.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Hypotremata > [noun] > member of family Pristiophoridae (sawfish) (6) monoceros1590 A fish having a single hornlike process on the snout, as a swordfish. Also: the narwhal, Monodon monoceros. Now chiefly historical. sawfish1664 A fish of the genus Pristis, the snout of which ends in a long flat projection with teeth on each edge; a saw-shark of the family Pristiophoridæ (cf… unicorn1668 As the name of a fish, shell, etc., having a projecting horn or horn-like process, or regarded as… (See quot. 1668) Obsolete. serra1854 A saw-fish. saw-shark1882 a small shark of the family Pristiophoridæ, found in southern seas from Africa to Australia and distinguished by a saw-like flattened snout. saw1888 Short for sawfish, n. rare. |
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