sawbill
/ (ˈsɔːˌbɪl) /
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noun
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Word Origin for sawbill
C19: so called because of their serrated bills
Words nearby sawbill
Savoyard, Savoy cabbage, savvy, saw, Sawatch, sawbill, sawbones, sawbuck, sawbuck table, sawder, saw doctor
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Example sentences from the Web for sawbill
Saw the sawbill duck once or twice riding down on a log and fired twice, unsuccessfully.
Mount Rainier|VariousSpic′ūlum, a spicule; Spike′bill, a merganser, a sawbill: the marbled godwit.