Meaning of saddleback | Babel Free

Definitions

1. 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. 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. A great black-backed gull.
   UK
8. A passerine bird of the genus Philesturnus.
   New-Zealand
9. A variety of domestic goose.
10. A raccoon oyster.
11. A harp seal.
12. A larva of the bombycid moth.

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

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