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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.

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Etymology of 'Saddleback'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Saddleback" Quotes from Famous Books

... the 'Salutation' and of him of Coniston Inn, the day was beautiful. We had to give up the ponies when we were half a mile from the top, and clamber up ourselves. The guide was very intelligent, and pointed out the lakes, Windermere, Coniston; and the mountains, Helvellyn, Skiddaw, and Saddleback; but at one time he spoke a name that I couldn't understand, and forgetting that I was in England and not in America, I asked him to spell it. He replied, 'Theys call it so always.' He did not fail, however, to ask questions like a Yankee, if he couldn't spell like one. ...

— Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals • Maria Mitchell

... afternoon of the call, the skies were clear of rain, though not of cloud. The great gashed mountain to the north which Dixon called Saddleback, while a little Cumbria "guide," produced by Tyson, called it Blencathra, showed sombrely in a gray light; and a November wind was busy stripping what leaves still remained from the woods by the stream and in the hollows of the mountain. Landscape and heavens were of ...

— The Mating of Lydia • Mrs. Humphry Ward

Words linked to "Saddleback" : gambrel, ridgepole, gable roof, saddle roof, gutter, saddleback roof, saddle, gambrel roof, pass