sawbill

sawbill

(ˈsɔːˌbɪl) n1. (Animals) another name for merganser, motmot2. (Animals) any of various hummingbirds of the genus Ramphodon[C19: so called because of their serrated bills]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sawbill - large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edgesfish duck, merganser, sheldrakesea duck - any of various large diving ducks found along the seacoast: eider; scoter; mergansergenus Mergus, Mergus - mergansersgoosander, Mergus merganser - common merganser of Europe and North AmericaAmerican merganser, Mergus merganser americanus - common North American diving duck considered a variety of the European goosanderMergus serrator, red-breasted merganser - widely distributed merganser of America and EuropeMergus albellus, smew - smallest merganser and most expert diver; found in northern Eurasiahooded merganser, hooded sheldrake, Lophodytes cucullatus - small North American duck with a high circular crest on the male's head