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Definition of Handsaw fish

1. Noun. A soft-finned fish of the genus Alepisaurus.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Handsaw Fish

Literary usage of Handsaw fish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"... is occasionally taken on either side of the Atlantic and in Japan. The handsaw-fish, called ..."

2. Synopsis of the Fishes of North America by David Starr Jordan, Charles Henry Gilbert (1883)
"Handsaw-fish. Dorsal fin with about 34 rays, the first of which is rather stout, anteriorly has a prominent compressed ridge, which is crenulated front. ..."

3. English Compound Words and Phrases: A Reference List, with Statement of by Francis Horace Teall (1892)
"... a. hand=rail hand=railing hand=running hand=sail hand=sale hand=saw handsaw=fish hand's breadth hand=screen ..."

4. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections by Smithsonian Institution (1883)
"Handsaw-fish. Dorsal flu with about 34 rays, the first of which is rather stout, and anteriorly has a prominent compressed ridge, which is crenulated in ..."

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