sawlike
- a word derived from saw.
Example Sentences
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Neither Yamba nor I waited for the coming impact, but threw ourselves overboard just as the creature’s white sawlike weapon showed itself close to the surface only a few yards away.
From The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont by Rougemont, Louis de
The leaves, which are just coming out, are two or three inches long and about half as wide; they taper to a point and have serrate, or sawlike, edges.
From Among the Trees at Elmridge by Church, Ella Rodman
And his song, as he climbed over me, was squeaky and sawlike, and as he walked he doddered, head trembling as an old man's shakes in final acquiescence in the futility of life.
From Edge of the Jungle by Beebe, William
Some have rough projections on the top of the head, and others little sawlike arrangements at the bases of the wings.
From Moths of the Limberlost by Stratton-Porter, Gene
These sawlike edges have given the fish its name.
From Fast Nine or, A Challenge from Fairfield by Douglas, Alan
