saddleback

[ sad-l-bak ]

/ ˈsæd lˌbæk /

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noun

any of various animals having markings on the back that resemble a saddle, as a male harp seal.

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Origin of saddleback

First recorded in 1535–45; saddle + back¹

Words nearby saddleback

Saddam Hussein, sadden, sadder but wiser, Saddharma-Pundarika, saddle, saddleback, saddleback caterpillar, saddle-backed, saddlebag, saddlebill, saddle-billed stork

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How to use saddleback in a sentence

Is Rick Warren, the pastor of Saddleback Church and author of the beststelling The Purpose Driven Life, a fundamentalist?
Fred Phelps May Be Dead, But His Fundamentalist God Lives|Matthew Paul Turner|March 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Obama also said, “I love the ministries that are taking place here at Saddleback.”
Hillary, ‘The Family,’ and Uganda’s Anti-Gay Christian Mafia|Sally Kohn|February 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Pastor Rick Warren, leader of the evangelical Saddleback mega-church in California.
Hillary, ‘The Family,’ and Uganda’s Anti-Gay Christian Mafia|Sally Kohn|February 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That is like advising Ted Haggard to attend the Saddleback Forum.
Blago on the Offensive|Dan Abrams|January 28, 2009|DAILY BEAST

A year later, Ssempa returned to Saddleback Church to lead another seminar on AIDS.
Rick Warren's Africa Problem|Max Blumenthal|January 7, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Because of the peculiar markings of the male this variety is sometimes called the Saddleback Goose.
Our Domestic Birds|John H. Robinson
Ahead of them the wagon road was gouged into the side of an overhang of promontory, under a saddleback pass to northward.
Stepsons of Light|Eugene Manlove Rhodes
Social instincts, too, seemed to have been effectually stamped out upon the lonely skirts of Saddleback and Skiddaw.
The Rivers and Streams of England|A.G. Bradley
Saddleback dolphins have from 40 to 50 small, sharply pointed teeth in each side of both the upper and lower jaws.
Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic|Stephen Leatherwood
Saddleback dolphins feed on squid and on a variety of fishes, including anchovies, myctophids, and hake.
Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic|Stephen Leatherwood

British Dictionary definitions for saddleback

saddleback

/ (ˈsædəlˌbæk) /

noun

a marking resembling a saddle on the backs of various animals

a breed of black pig with a white band across its back

a rare bird of New Zealand, Philesturnus carunculatus, having a chestnut-coloured saddle-shaped marking across its back and wings

another name for saddle roof

another name for col (def. 1)

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Medical definitions for saddleback

saddle back

lordosis