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sawbellies

sawbellies is the plural of sawbelly.

Meaning of sawbelly

Noun

sawbelly (plural sawbellies)

  1. (US) A fish, the alewife.
    • Every few minutes an eagle would reach daintily into the water and pluck a dead sawbelly from the half-frozen soup. Sawbellies, or alewives, are fish that do not grow that big. A full day of dipping one’s naked talons into frigid slush might yield a decent mealful.1990 January 2, Rick Marsi, “The Russian bear can’t beat the Tier’s gray fox”, in Press & Sun-Bulletin, Binghamton, N.Y., →ISSN, page 1D, column 4

Questions about sawbellies

What is sawbellies the plural of?
Sawbellies is the plural of sawbelly.

Words near sawbellies in the dictionary

  1. Sawau
  2. Sawaya
  3. Sawayas
  4. sawback
  5. sawbacks
  6. sawbellies
  7. sawbelly
  8. sawbench
  9. sawbenches
  10. sawbill
  11. sawbills

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