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3 words match “SADDLEBACK”

SADDLEBACK a. 5 definitions
Same as Saddle-backed. Saddleback roof. (Arch.) See Saddle roof, under Saddle.
HARP n.
haped mark of black on each side, and the face and throat black. Called also saddler, and saddleback. The immature ones are called bluesides. -- Harp shell (Zoöl.), a beautiful marine gastropod shell of the genus Harpa, of several species, found in tropical seas. See Harpa.
SADDLE n.
ere a different form is more common; as, a tower surmounted by a saddle roof. Called also saddleback roof. -- Saddle shell (Zoöl.), any thin plicated bivalve shaell of the genera Placuna and Anomia; -- so called from its shape. Called also saddle oyster.