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noun

Saddleback n.

Anything saddle-backed; esp., a hill or ridge having a concave outline at the top.

(Zool.)

(a)

The harp seal.

(b)

The great blackbacked gull (Larus marinus).

(c)

The larva of a bombycid moth (Empretia stimulea) which has a large, bright green, saddle-shaped patch of color on the back.

adjective

Saddleback adj. Same as Saddle-backed.

Saddleback roof. (Arch.) See Saddle roof, under Saddle.

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Etymology of 'Saddleback'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Saddleback" Quotes from Famous Books

... above it appeal strongly to every wanderer. I had no time to spare for the ascent of Table Mountain, and the tablecloth of clouds indeed forbade me to attempt it. But someone had spoken to me of the Kloof road, which leads to the saddleback between the Lion's Head and Table Mountain, so, taking the Kloof Street tram, I ran with it to its stopping-place and found the road. There the houses are more scattered; the streets are thin. But about every house is foliage; in every garden are flowers. As I mounted the ...

— A Tramp's Notebook • Morley Roberts

... large Coyote, half as tall again as Tito, and the dark patch on his shoulders was so large and black that the cow-boys when they came to know him, called him Saddleback. From that time these two continued more or less together. They were not always close together, often were miles apart during the day, but toward night one or the other would get on some high open place ...

— Johnny Bear - And Other Stories From Lives of the Hunted • E. T. Seton