saddleback
adjEtymology From saddle + back.
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saddle-backed
saddleback
nounEtymology From saddle + back.
12 senses
- 1A saddle-shaped ridge forming a shallow pass between two peaks.
- 2A roof in the same shape, having a gable at each end.
- 3A coping that is thicker in the middle than at the edges.
- 4Any of various creatures having a saddle-shaped marking…
- 5A breed of pig which is black with a pink saddle-shaped marking.
- 6An anticline.
- 7A great black-backed gull.
- 8A passerine bird of the genus Philesturnus.
- 9A variety of domestic goose.
- 10A raccoon oyster.
- 11A harp seal.
- 12A larva of the bombycid moth.
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A saddle-shaped ridge forming a shallow pass between two peaks.
2
A roof in the same shape, having a gable at each end.
3
Architecture A coping that is thicker in the middle than at the edges.
4
Any of various creatures having a saddle-shaped marking on the back.
5
A breed of pig which is black with a pink saddle-shaped marking.
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UK A great black-backed gull.
8
New Zealand A passerine bird of the genus Philesturnus.
- The young bird had the plumage of the saddleback, not the even chestnut of the jackbird, although its plumage was rather duller than that of the adult.1959, Robert Adams Wilson, Bird Islands of New Zealand, page 67:
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A variety of domestic goose.
10
A raccoon oyster.
11
A harp seal.
12
A larva of the bombycid moth.
- Derived terms
- saddleback caterpillar, saddleback clownfish, saddleback crow, saddleback gull, saddleback gunnel, saddlebackite, saddleback jackal, Saddleback Mountain, saddleback pig, saddleback seal, saddleback shrew, saddleback tamarin, saddleback toad, Wessex Saddleback