also: のこぎりエイ
noun
sawfish
Refers to any fish of the family Pristidae, characterized by a long, flat snout edged with tooth-like structures.
水族館でノコギリエイを見た。
I saw a sawfish at the aquarium.
Katakana spelling is standard for this fish name; usually written in kana.
Kanji spelling using rare characters; rarely used in practice.
Alternate kanji spelling with a rare character.
Mixed kanji-katakana spelling; the reading のこぎりエイ is restricted to this form.
Mixed kanji-hiragana spelling.
Compound of 鋸 (nokogiri, 'saw') and エイ (ei, 'ray'), describing the saw-like snout.