| 单词 | sawbearing |
| 释义 | > as lemmassaw-bearing saw-bearing adj. (see sense 2). saw-bearing 2. Zoology. A part or organ with teeth like those of a saw. Also in combination saw-bearing adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [noun] > part with teeth saw1664 1664 R. Hubert Catal. Rarities (1665) 32 A very great Saw, or weapon of a Saw-fish, with the which he torments the Whale. 1747 W. Gould Acct. Eng. Ants 4 The double Saw is a hard bony Substance. 1747 W. Gould Acct. Eng. Ants 4 They [sc. Ants] have four or five Teeth in a Saw. a1754 H. Fielding Jrnl. Voy. Lisbon (1755) 131 The sting or saw of a wasp. 1854 A. Adams et al. Man. Nat. Hist. 222 Saw-bearing Hymenoptera (Securifera). 1866 Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 508/2 Whales are said to be sometimes killed by sawfishes, and the saw has been sometimes driven into the hull of a ship. 1871 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom (ed. 4) 360 The saws of the various species of Tenthredo are as diversified as the habits of the insects to which they belong. 1885 G. S. Forbes Wild Life in Canara 51 A great saw-fish, which measured about twenty-one feet from the end of the saw to the tail. < as lemmas |
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