Sawbill (redirected from sawbills)

Saw´bill`

n.

1.

The merganser.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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