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Definition of "white-backed" [white-backed]

  • Having the back more or less white.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "white-backed" in a sentence
  • "The white-backed vulture has seen its numbers drop by 99.9% since 1992, from millions to 11,000, while populations of the other two species have fallen by 97%."
  • "The RSPB said the research, conducted to examine the effectiveness of the banning of the drug in 2006 in India followed by further measures in August 2008, showed that oriental white-backed, long-billed and slender-billed vultures were still at risk."
  • "The German phone news blog, BestBoyz via Google Translate, posted pictures of a white-backed Nexus to its Web site."