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swayback

swayback noun: an excessive sagging of the spine of a quadruped animal, especially a horse.

swayback: an excessive sagging of the spine of a quadruped animal, especially a horse
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Noun

swayback (countable and uncountable, plural swaybacks)

  1. An excessive sagging of the spine of a quadruped animal, especially a horse.
  2. An animal with such excessive sagging.

Forms of swayback

pluralswaybacks

Origin of swayback

From sway + back.

Words formed from swayback

Questions about swayback

What does swayback mean?
Swayback means an excessive sagging of the spine of a quadruped animal, especially a horse.
What part of speech is swayback?
Swayback is a noun.
What is the plural of swayback?
The plural of swayback is swaybacks.

Words near swayback in the dictionary

  1. sway-bracings
  2. swayable
  3. Swayambhuva Manu
  4. swayamsevak
  5. swayamsevaks
  6. swayback
  7. swaybacked
  8. swaybacks
  9. swaybar
  10. swaybars
  11. swayed

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