Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
"The ichthyologist noted that the ancient fossil belonged to a pristine species within the Pristidae family, confirming its classification as an early sawfish."
Relating to sawfishes of the family Pristidae.
Pristine comes from the Middle French word pristin, which was borrowed from the Latin prīstinus. Its original meaning relates to something that is restored or returned to its former state.