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Definition of Sawbill
1. Noun. Large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges.
Generic synonyms: Sea Duck
Group relationships: Genus Mergus, Mergus
Specialized synonyms: Goosander, Mergus Merganser, American Merganser, Mergus Merganser Americanus, Mergus Serrator, Red-breasted Merganser, Mergus Albellus, Smew, Hooded Merganser, Hooded Sheldrake, Lophodytes Cucullatus
Definition of Sawbill
1. n. The merganser.
Definition of Sawbill
1. Noun. (U.K.) the red-breasted merganser. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sawbill
1. a tropical bird [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sawbill
Literary usage of Sawbill
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals by John George Wood (1866)
"... food, and nest—The sawbill and its singular nest —Habits of the sawbill—The
BRAZILIAN WOOD NYMPH—Use made of its plumage and its nest—The RUBY AND TOPAZ ..."
2. Strange Dwellings: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals by John George Wood (1872)
"... and its seed- nest—The WHITE-SIDED HILL STAR—Curious method of suspending its
nest—The sawbill and its singular nest—Habits of the sawbill—The BRAZILIAN ..."
3. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1901)
"This property consists of four 80-acre locations situated on a small lake 4 miles
northeast of sawbill lake and a mile and a half east of the ..."
4. Report by Ontario Dept. of Mines (1900)
"Its transportation from Bonheur to the head of sawbill lake, a distance of 30
miles, was a serious problem owing to the very bad condition of the roads. ..."
5. Mineral Exhibit of the Province of Ontario by Ontario Dept. of Mines, Thomas W. Gibson (1901)
"107 Auriferous quartz sawbill mine, sawbill lake. 110 Auriferous quartz. ...
Gold Winner mine, about 7 miles north of sawbill or 26 miles soutn ot Bonheur ..."
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