saddleback
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saddleback (plural saddlebacks)
- A saddle-shaped ridge forming a shallow pass between two peaks.
- A roof in the same shape, having a gable at each end.
- (architecture) A coping that is thicker in the middle than at the edges.
- Any of various creatures having a saddle-shaped marking on the back.
- A breed of pig which is black with a pink saddle-shaped marking.
- (geology) An anticline.
- (UK) The great black-backed gull.
- (New Zealand) The bird Philesturnus carunculatus.
- A variety of domestic goose.
- A raccoon oyster.
- The harp seal.
- The larva of the bombycid moth.
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saddleback (not comparable)
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saddleback (not comparable)
- saddle-backed
Etymology 2 edit
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.
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saddleback (third-person singular simple present saddlebacks, present participle saddlebacking, simple past and past participle saddlebacked)
- (slang) To engage in anal sex with the intention of preserving one's virginity (chiefly by Christian teenagers)
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:saddleback.