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ridgeback

ridgeback noun: any of three breeds of dog with a distinctive ridge of hair that runs against the grain of the rest of the coat along the spine: the Rhodesian Ridgeback, the Phu Quoc Ridgeback and the Thai Ridgeback.

Noun

ridgeback (plural ridgebacks)

  1. Any of three breeds of dog with a distinctive ridge of hair that runs against the grain of the rest of the coat along the spine: the Rhodesian Ridgeback, the Phu Quoc Ridgeback and the Thai Ridgeback.

Forms of ridgeback

pluralridgebacks

Origin of ridgeback

From ridge + back.

Phrases with ridgeback

Questions about ridgeback

What does ridgeback mean?
Ridgeback means any of three breeds of dog with a distinctive ridge of hair that runs against the grain of the rest of the coat along the spine: the Rhodesian Ridgeback, the Phu Quoc Ridgeback and the Thai Ridgeback.
What part of speech is ridgeback?
Ridgeback is a noun.
What is the plural of ridgeback?
The plural of ridgeback is ridgebacks.

Words near ridgeback in the dictionary

  1. ridge vents
  2. ridge-bone
  3. ridge-bones
  4. ridge-runner
  5. ridge-runners
  6. ridgeback
  7. ridgebacks
  8. ridgeband
  9. ridgebands
  10. ridgeboard
  11. ridgeboards

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