sawbilln.
/ˈsɔːbɪl/, U.S. /ˈsɔˌbɪl/, /ˈsɑˌbɪl/ A name applied to various birds with serrated bills.
a. The mergansers (also sawbill diver or sawbill duck).
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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > genus Mergus (merganser)
merganser1668
sawbill1763
fisherman-diver1885
1763 tr. A. Le Page du Pratz Hist. Louisiana II. ii. ii. 235 We are disturbed in the night, by the hideous noise of the numberless water-fowls,..such as cranes, flamingo's, wild geese, herons, saw-bills, ducks, &c.
1833 W. F. Tolmie Jrnl. 1 Sept. (1963) 232 Saw the Sawbill Duck once or twice riding down on a log.
1835 W. F. Tolmie Jrnl. 12 June 311 Shot a sawbill with rifle at the upper end of lake.
1843 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Birds III. 293 This bird [Mergus merganser] like the Red-breasted Merganser, is also called Saw~bill and Jacksaw.
1849 Zoologist 7 2393 The red-breasted merganser [is] a saw-bill duck.
1856 F. O. Morris Hist. Brit. Birds V. 284 Goosander... Sawbill. Jack-saw.
1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III iii. 814 Sawbill, a name commonly given to the Goosander and Merganser.
1973 Nature West Coast (Vancouver Nat. Hist. Soc.) 167 The ‘toothed’ bill, a necessity for holding slippery fish, has earned this bird [sc. the red-breasted merganser] the name ‘sawbill’.
b. A hummingbird of the genus Rhamphodon (also sawbill hummingbird).
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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Apodiformes > [noun] > family Trochilidae (humming-bird) > unspecified and miscellaneous types of
zumbador1758
sunbeam1769
black warrior1831
hermit-bird1837
Anna's hummingbird1839
jacobin1843
straight-tail1843
vervain hummingbird1847
wedge-bill1848
fiery topaz1854
sungem1856
wood-star1859
calliope1861
rainbow1861
sabre-wing1861
sawbill1861
swallowtail1861
sword-bill1861
thorn-bill1861
visor-bearer1861
warrior1861
wood-nymph1861
puffleg1869
calliope hummingbird1872
flame-bearer1882
shear-tail1885
plature1890
rainbow starfrontlet1966
1861 J. Gould Monogr. Trochilidæ I. pl. 1 Grypus nævius. Saw-bill.
c. U.S. A motmot (also sawbill roller).
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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Coraciiformes (kingfisher, etc.) > [noun] > member of family Motmotidae
motmot1822
racket-tail1843
sawbill1864
1864–5 J. G. Wood Homes without Hands (1868) xiii. 235 The Sawbill Humming Bird (Grypus nævius).
1869–73 T. R. Jones tr. A. E. Brehm Cassell's Bk. Birds III. 83 The Saw-bill Rollers (Prionites)..occupy the..forests of South America.
1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 178 Momotidæ (motmots or saw-bills).
Derivatives
ˈsaw-billed adj. having a serrated bill.
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the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having beak or bill > with particular type of edge
razorbilla1705
razor-billed1748
saw-billed1785
toothed-billed1841
tooth-billed1862
saw-beaked1869
serratirostral-
1785 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds III. ii. 579 Saw-billed Pelican.
1798 J. Latham in Trans. Linn. Soc. 4 121 Saw-billed Ducks or Divers.
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