Sawbelly
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sawbelly is a noun meaning (US) A fish, the alewife.
Meaning
(US) A fish, the alewife.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- sawbellies
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include elwife, redbelly, fishbelly, bluefish, sawyer, skipjack.
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