Definition of "saddleback" []

• Any of various birds, fishes, and other animals having saddle-shaped markings on the back. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The saddleback was a diplodocoid more than a hundred feet long, named for the sage-and-rust markings that broke up its vast profile."
• ""saddleback" -- the greater black-backed gull of the text-books -- knowing the hand of man to be against it for its raids on game and poultry, would keep at a respectful distance."
• "And now … without further delay … the winning definition of "saddleback" … by a gaping margin … definition number 5."