sawbill

/ˌsɔˈbɪl/

Other forms: sawbills

Definitions of sawbill

1. noun

   large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges
   synonyms: fish duck, merganser, sheldrake

   types:

   Mergus merganser, goosander

   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

   Lophodytes cucullatus, hooded merganser, hooded sheldrake

   small North American duck with a high circular crest on the male's head

   type of:

   sea duck

   any of various large diving ducks found along the seacoast: eider; scoter; merganser