Pristis
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πρίστις (prístis, “sawfish”), from πρῐ́ζω (prízō) / πρίω (príō, “to saw”) + -τις (-tis, “nominal suffix”).
Proper noun
Pristis f, m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Pristidae – most species of sawfish.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Chondrichthyes - class; Elasmobranchii - subclass; Rajomorphii - superorder; Pristiformes - order; Pristidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Pristis pristis (largetooth sawfish, common sawfish, freshwater sawfish, Leichhardt's sawfish) - type species; Pristis clavata (dwarf sawfish, Queensland sawfish), Pristis pectinata (smalltooth sawfish), Pristis zijsron (longcomb sawfish, green sawfish) - other accepted extant species
Derived terms
- Anoxypristis