saddleback

[ sad-l-bak ]

/ ˈsæd lˌbæk /

noun

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

Nearby words

saddle stitching, saddle-backed, saddle-billed stork, saddle-sore, saddle-stitch, saddleback, saddleback caterpillar, saddlebag, saddlebill, saddlebow, saddlecloth

Origin of saddleback

First recorded in 1535–45; saddle + back¹

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Examples from the Web for saddleback

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
Saddleback and Tito bad been together merely as companions all winter, but now a new feeling was born.
Johnny Bear|E. T. Seton
They ran off the ledges into Saddleback brook and broke their legs.
A Busy Year at the Old Squire's|Charles Asbury Stephens
The trip in past Saddleback Light to Vinalhaven was uneventful.
Jim Spurling, Fisherman|Albert Walter Tolman
Then Saddleback, the bold and swift, walked openly toward the Sheep and barked a loud defiance.
Johnny Bear|E. T. Seton
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

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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