Definition of Handsaw fish

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

Generic synonyms: Malacopterygian, Soft-finned Fish
Group relationships: Alepisaurus, Genus Alepisaurus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Handsaw Fish

handraised
handrest
handroll
hands
hands-down
hands-free
hands-off
hands-on
hands down
hands in
hands off
hands out
hands over
hands up
handsaw
handsaw fish (current term)
handsaws
handsbreadth
handsbreadths
handscreened
handscroll
handscrolls
handsel
handseled
handseling
handselled
handselling
handsels
handset
handsets

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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