"saddleback" meaning in English

See saddleback in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: En-au-saddleback.ogg
Etymology: From saddle + back. Etymology templates: {{af|en|saddle|back}} saddle + back Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} saddleback (not comparable)
  1. saddle-backed Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-saddleback-en-adj-CZz3aZbZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adverb

Audio: En-au-saddleback.ogg
Etymology: From saddle + back. Etymology templates: {{af|en|saddle|back}} saddle + back Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} saddleback (not comparable)
  1. saddle-backed Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-saddleback-en-adv-CZz3aZbZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: En-au-saddleback.ogg Forms: saddlebacks [plural]
Etymology: From saddle + back. Etymology templates: {{af|en|saddle|back}} saddle + back Head templates: {{en-noun}} saddleback (plural saddlebacks)
  1. A saddle-shaped ridge forming a shallow pass between two peaks.
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  2. A roof in the same shape, having a gable at each end.
    Sense id: en-saddleback-en-noun-HZTWwXLT
  3. (architecture) A coping that is thicker in the middle than at the edges.
    Sense id: en-saddleback-en-noun-W9KuJq1o Categories (other): Architecture Topics: architecture
  4. Any of various creatures having a saddle-shaped marking on the back.
    Sense id: en-saddleback-en-noun-1GBunBep
  5. A breed of pig which is black with a pink saddle-shaped marking.
    Sense id: en-saddleback-en-noun-2Kaw6TZW Categories (other): Pigs Disambiguation of Pigs: 9 9 6 8 8 5 18 5 11 2 2 6 0 1 9
  6. (geology) An anticline.
    Sense id: en-saddleback-en-noun-OdJviReY Categories (other): Geology, Geography Disambiguation of Geography: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
  7. (UK) A great black-backed gull. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-saddleback-en-noun-AAr~IMwN Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Maori translations, Gulls, Landforms, Phocid seals, Zygaenoid moths Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 1 3 6 6 1 4 24 12 0 28 0 5 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 4 2 3 4 5 2 4 23 13 1 23 0 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 2 1 1 2 3 1 4 28 15 0 30 0 5 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 1 1 2 6 1 4 27 17 0 29 0 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 5 5 4 4 5 7 4 4 20 17 1 18 0 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 5 5 3 3 4 6 3 4 19 21 2 18 1 5 Disambiguation of Gulls: 4 4 3 3 4 4 2 3 31 18 1 15 0 3 5 Disambiguation of Landforms: 1 1 2 1 2 4 1 3 24 26 1 25 0 4 4 Disambiguation of Phocid seals: 3 3 2 3 4 4 2 5 18 19 1 17 5 6 6 Disambiguation of Zygaenoid moths: 4 4 2 4 4 4 3 6 18 17 1 16 0 11 7
  8. (New Zealand) A passerine bird of the genus Philesturnus. Tags: New-Zealand Translations (a NZ bird): zadelrug [masculine] (Dutch), tieke (Maori)
    Sense id: en-saddleback-en-noun-livSeaU5 Categories (other): New Zealand English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Maori translations, Corvoid birds, Landforms, Phocid seals, Zygaenoid moths Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 1 3 6 6 1 4 24 12 0 28 0 5 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 4 2 3 4 5 2 4 23 13 1 23 0 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 2 1 1 2 3 1 4 28 15 0 30 0 5 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 1 1 2 6 1 4 27 17 0 29 0 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 5 5 4 4 5 7 4 4 20 17 1 18 0 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 5 5 3 3 4 6 3 4 19 21 2 18 1 5 Disambiguation of Corvoid birds: 1 1 1 1 2 4 1 3 24 31 1 23 0 4 3 Disambiguation of Landforms: 1 1 2 1 2 4 1 3 24 26 1 25 0 4 4 Disambiguation of Phocid seals: 3 3 2 3 4 4 2 5 18 19 1 17 5 6 6 Disambiguation of Zygaenoid moths: 4 4 2 4 4 4 3 6 18 17 1 16 0 11 7 Disambiguation of 'a NZ bird': 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 68 0 0 0 0
  9. A variety of domestic goose.
    Sense id: en-saddleback-en-noun-sewf2erP
  10. A raccoon oyster.
    Sense id: en-saddleback-en-noun-GATVAR8K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Maori translations, Bivalves, Landforms, Phocid seals, Zygaenoid moths Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 1 3 6 6 1 4 24 12 0 28 0 5 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 4 2 3 4 5 2 4 23 13 1 23 0 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 2 1 1 2 3 1 4 28 15 0 30 0 5 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 1 1 2 6 1 4 27 17 0 29 0 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 5 5 4 4 5 7 4 4 20 17 1 18 0 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 5 5 3 3 4 6 3 4 19 21 2 18 1 5 Disambiguation of Bivalves: 1 1 1 1 2 4 1 3 17 18 1 43 0 3 3 Disambiguation of Landforms: 1 1 2 1 2 4 1 3 24 26 1 25 0 4 4 Disambiguation of Phocid seals: 3 3 2 3 4 4 2 5 18 19 1 17 5 6 6 Disambiguation of Zygaenoid moths: 4 4 2 4 4 4 3 6 18 17 1 16 0 11 7
  11. A harp seal.
    Sense id: en-saddleback-en-noun-0di0SQcy
  12. A larva of the bombycid moth.
    Sense id: en-saddleback-en-noun-GlEG1BOB Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Zygaenoid moths Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 4 2 3 4 5 2 4 23 13 1 23 0 12 Disambiguation of Zygaenoid moths: 4 4 2 4 4 4 3 6 18 17 1 16 0 11 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: saddleback caterpillar, saddleback clownfish, saddleback crow, saddleback gull, saddleback gunnel, saddlebackite, saddleback jackal, saddleback pig, saddleback seal, saddleback shrew, saddleback tamarin, saddleback toad, Wessex Saddleback

Verb

Audio: En-au-saddleback.ogg Forms: saddlebacks [present, singular, third-person], saddlebacking [participle, present], saddlebacked [participle, past], saddlebacked [past]
Etymology: From Saddleback Church of Lake Forest, California. Coined in a contest held by columnist Dan Savage, in response to its support for California Proposition 8. Head templates: {{en-verb}} saddleback (third-person singular simple present saddlebacks, present participle saddlebacking, simple past and past participle saddlebacked)
  1. (slang) To engage in anal sex with the intention of preserving one's virginity. (chiefly by Christian teenagers) Tags: slang Hypernyms: poophole loophole, buttfuck, take it up the ass, take it up the arse
    Sense id: en-saddleback-en-verb-pkm9LQRn Categories (other): Sex Disambiguation of Sex: 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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