Meaning

12 senses
  1. A saddle-shaped ridge forming a shallow pass between two peaks.

    a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)

  2. A roof in the same shape, having a gable at each end.

    a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end

  3. 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.

  6. An anticline.

  7. (UK)A great black-backed gull.

  8. (New Zealand)A passerine bird of the genus Philesturnus.

  9. A variety of domestic goose.

  10. A raccoon oyster.

  11. A harp seal.

  12. A larva of the bombycid moth.

Origin

From saddle + back.

From saddle + back.

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Forms

plural: saddlebacks
Singularsaddleback
Pluralsaddlebacks

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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