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roach-backed

roach-backed adjective: having a convex back rather than a concave one.

Adjective

roach-backed (comparative more roach-backed, superlative most roach-backed)

  1. (archaic) Having a convex back rather than a concave one.

Forms of roach-backed

comparativemore roach-backed
superlativemost roach-backed

Origin of roach-backed

From roach + backed.

Questions about roach-backed

What does roach-backed mean?
Roach-backed means having a convex back rather than a concave one.
What part of speech is roach-backed?
Roach-backed is an adjective.

Words near roach-backed in the dictionary

  1. roach motel
  2. roach motels
  3. roach out
  4. roach stomper
  5. roach stompers
  6. roach-backed
  7. roachback
  8. roachbacks
  9. Roachburn
  10. roachclip
  11. Roache

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