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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Of a landform, having a gentle curve resembling the back of a whale..
In front was an open plain, sloping slightly upwards and dotted with clumps of tree-ferns, the whole curving before us until it ended in a long, whale-backed ridge.
Use whale-backed when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Whale-backed means Of a landform, having a gentle curve resembling the back of a whale..
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In front was an open plain, sloping slightly upwards and dotted with clumps of tree-ferns, the whole curving before us until it ended in a long, whale-backed ridge.
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