sawlike

Example Sentences

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Neither Yamba nor I waited for the coming impact, but threw ourselves overboard just as the creature’s white sawlike weapon showed itself close to the surface only a few yards away. 

From The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont by Rougemont, Louis de

He was not a large dog—only about as high as a chair seat; he had mottled lips, too, and sharp, sawlike teeth.

From A Gentleman Vagabond and Some Others by Smith, Francis Hopkinson

The female usually has an ovipositor containing a pair of sawlike organs with which she makes incisions in the leaves or stems of plants in which to lay the eggs.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section S by Project Gutenberg

The leaves, which are just coming out, are two or three inches long and about half as wide; they taper to a point and have serrate, or sawlike, edges.

From Among the Trees at Elmridge by Church, Ella Rodman

In the late afternoon we began the ascent of the Sierras, whose sawlike points had been in sight for many miles.

From A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)