noun
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a marking resembling a saddle on the backs of various animals
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a breed of black pig with a white band across its back
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a rare bird of New Zealand, Philesturnus carunculatus, having a chestnut-coloured saddle-shaped marking across its back and wings
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another name for saddle roof
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another name for col
Etymology
Origin of saddleback
Example Sentences
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If you’re splurging, you start at 4 p.m., which gives you a saddleback view of the city from near the top of Mount Hollywood during golden hour, just before sunset .
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2019
He shows the noise of motorboats distracting saddleback clownfishes from warning against a predator attack.
From The Guardian • Dec. 5, 2017
At its center was a particularly gorgeous tongkonan, the traditional ancestral home of the Torajans, with a massive saddleback roof that rose to two peaks like a stylized Viking ship.
From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2015
Listening to Callaghan on YouTube also reminded me of a point that Nick Smith had made the day of the saddleback release: in New Zealand, killing small mammals brings people together.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 15, 2014
Body very robust in front of dorsal fin, resembling cross between saddleback dolphin and Atlantic white-sided dolphin.
From Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification by Caldwell, David
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