saddleback

English

noun
Definitions
  • A saddle-shaped ridge forming a shallow pass between two peaks.
  • 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) The great black-backed gull.
  • (NZ) The bird .
  • A variety of domestic goose.
  • A raccoon oyster.
  • The harp seal.
  • The larva of the bombycid moth.

Etymology

Compound from English saddle + English back (mild drink, back, chaser).

Origin

English

back

Gloss

mild drink, back, chaser

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Other

Kanji

後, 背

Emoji

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