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Pristis

noun

type genus of the Pristidae

• Syn: ↑genus Pristis

• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Pristidae, ↑family Pristidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑smalltooth sawfish, ↑Pristis pectinatus

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\\ˈpristə̇s\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, sawfish, from Greek — more at prism

: the type and sole recent genus of Pristidae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.