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saddle-backed

saddle-backed adjective: shaped or curved like a saddle.

Adjective

saddle-backed (not comparable)

  1. Shaped or curved like a saddle.
    • a saddle-backed fever, with two peaks where symptoms are most pronounced
  2. Having a saddle-shaped marking; saddleback.

Adverb

saddle-backed (not comparable)

  1. with a saddle, rather than bare-backed

Phrases with saddle-backed

Questions about saddle-backed

What does saddle-backed mean?
Saddle-backed means shaped or curved like a saddle.
What part of speech is saddle-backed?
Saddle-backed can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near saddle-backed in the dictionary

  1. saddle trees
  2. saddle up
  3. saddle vein
  4. saddle veins
  5. saddle with
  6. saddle-backed
  7. saddle-backed bush cricket
  8. saddle-backed bush crickets
  9. saddle-backed jackal
  10. saddle-bag
  11. saddle-bags

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