Saddleback
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Saddleback is a noun meaning A saddle-shaped ridge forming a shallow pass between two peaks.
Meaning
A saddle-shaped ridge forming a shallow pass between two peaks.
More Meanings
- A roof in the same shape, having a gable at each end.
- (architecture) A coping that is thicker in the middle than at the edges.
- Any of various creatures having a saddle-shaped marking on the back.
- A breed of pig which is black with a pink saddle-shaped marking.
- (geology) An anticline.
- (UK) A great black-backed gull.
- (New Zealand) A passerine bird of the genus Philesturnus.
Example Sentences
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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.
Word Forms
- saddlebacks
- saddlebacking
- saddlebacked
Synonyms for saddleback
Depending on context, synonyms include saddle.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include saddle, tamarins, sawback, abra, shoulder, swell.
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