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Definition of Sawbills

Sawbill
Sawbill Saw"bill`, n. The merganser. [Prov. Eng.]
sawbill
Goosander Goos"an`der, n. [OE. gossander, a tautological word formed fr. goose + gander. Cf. Merganser.] (Zo["o]l.) A species of merganser (M. merganser) of Northern Europe and America; -- called also merganser, dundiver, sawbill, sawneb, shelduck, and sheldrake. See Merganser.

Meaning of Sawbills from wikipedia

- edges to their bills to help them grip their prey and are often known as "sawbills". Other sea ducks forage by diving underwater, taking molluscs or crustaceans...
- with the smew and hooded merganser, they are therefore often known as "sawbills". The goldeneyes, on the other hand, feed mainly on mollusks, and therefore...
- Sawbill Lake is a lake in Cook County, Minnesota. The closest town to Sawbill Lake is Tofte. It is a po****r entry point (number 38) to the Boundary Waters...
- The Sawbill Cr**** is a 4.7-mile-long (7.6 km) stream in northeastern Minnesota, the United States. It rises at the outlet of Sawbill Lake and is a tributary...
- their bills to help them grip their prey, so they are often known as "sawbills". In addition to fish, they take a wide range of other aquatic prey, such...
- male is handsomely patterned and coloured. The hooded merganser has a sawbill but is not classified as a typical merganser. Hooded mergansers are the...
- "Benzie" is derived from the French la rivière aux Bec-scies, "the river of sawbills", bec-scie ("bill-saw") being a type of ducks. Americans altered the pronunciation...
- Sawbill Landing is an unincorporated community in Lake County, Minnesota, United States; located 10 miles northeast of Isabella. The center of Sawbill...
- small-billed moa-nalo (prehistoric) Tribe: Mergini, eiders, scoters, sawbills and other sea-ducks (There are 9 extant genera and some 20 living species;...
- French name of Betsie River: (rivière aux) Bec-scies, the "(river of) sawbill ducks" 18,520 860 sq mi (2,227 km2) Berrien County 021 St. Joseph 1829...