sawlike

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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

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

And his song, as he climbed over me, was squeaky and sawlike, and as he walked he doddered, head trembling as an old man's shakes in final acquiescence in the futility of life.

From Edge of the Jungle by Beebe, William

His thin sawlike features wore an expectant expression, and his eyes were lightened by a look of cunning and greed as he occasionally glanced down the road.

From Harper's Round Table, July 16, 1895 by Various

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