sawbelly

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sawbelly

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noun sawbellies

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.

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@misc{sawbelly_2026,
  title = {sawbelly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sawbelly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}