sawbill

noun

another name for merganser, motmot
any of various hummingbirds of the genus Ramphodon

Word Origin for sawbill

C19: so called because of their serrated bills

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Historical Examples of sawbill

Saw the sawbill duck once or twice riding down on a log and fired twice, unsuccessfully.
Mount Rainier
Various
Spic′ūlum, a spicule; Spike′bill, a merganser, a sawbill: the marbled godwit.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)
Various