| 单词 | sawbill |
| 释义 | sawbill (once / 1477414 pages) n WORD FAMILY sawbill: sawbills USAGE EXAMPLESOf the duck family the following species are abundant here: the teal, the mallard, widgeon, pintail, canvasback, spoonbill, sawbill and woodduck. Jacobs, Orange, Memoirs of Orange Jacobs(2011) They are also sometimes called "Sawbills" because of the teeth-like serration on both the upper and the under mandibles. Reed, Chester A. (Chester Albert), The Bird Book—Illustrating in natu...(2010) men had rare and very exciting sport, in coasting around the peninsula, in catching the young of the onzig--which is the sawbill. Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, Personal Memoirs of a Residence of...(2010) n large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges Syn|Hypo|Hyper fish duck, merganser, sheldrake Mergus merganser, goosander common merganser of Europe and North America American merganser, Mergus merganser americanuscommon North American diving duck considered a variety of the European goosander Mergus serrator, red-breasted merganserwidely distributed merganser of America and Europe Mergus albellus, smewsmallest merganser and most expert diver; found in northern Eurasia Lophodytes cucullatus, hooded merganser, hooded sheldrakesmall North American duck with a high circular crest on the male's head sea duck any of various large diving ducks found along the seacoast: eider; scoter; merganser |
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