sawlike

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Some have rough projections on the top of the head, and others little sawlike arrangements at the bases of the wings.

From Moths of the Limberlost by Stratton-Porter, Gene

It was a frightful mouth, armed with huge rows of sawlike teeth, and although they knew the brute was dead the boys could not repress a shudder as they looked at it.

From The Rushton Boys at Treasure Cove Or, The Missing Chest of Gold by Davenport, Spencer

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

Far inland, and tinged light-blue by distance, rose the sharp, jagged, and sawlike crests of El-Sharaf, under which the Hajj-caravan wends its weary way, thus escaping the mountains which dip perpendicularly into the sea.

From The Land of Midian — Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

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