saddleback

Noun

UK New-Zealand

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.

Japanese Meaning

二つの山頂の間に位置する、鞍の形状をした尾根。 / 両端に棟（がん）がある、鞍形の屋根。 / 建築用語で、中央部が端部よりも厚い護面（こめん）を指す。

What is this buttons?

The hikers scrambled down into the saddleback and set up camp in the shallow pass between the two peaks.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

ハイカーたちは鞍部まで下り、二つの峰の間にある浅い峠でキャンプを張った。

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Sense（1）

A saddle-shaped ridge forming a shallow pass between two peaks.

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A roof in the same shape, having a gable at each end.

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(architecture) A coping that is thicker in the middle than at the edges.

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Any of various creatures having a saddle-shaped marking on the back.

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A breed of pig which is black with a pink saddle-shaped marking.

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(geology) An anticline.

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(UK) The great black-backed gull.

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(New Zealand) The bird Philesturnus carunculatis.

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A variety of domestic goose.

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A raccoon oyster.

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The harp seal.

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The larva of the bombycid moth.

saddlebacks

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