[syn: gable roof, saddle roof, saddleback, saddleback roof]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Harp \Harp\ (h[aum]rp), n. [OE. harpe, AS. hearpe; akin to D.
harp, G. harfe, OHG. harpha, Dan. harpe, Icel. & Sw. harpa.]
1. A musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame
furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held
upright, and played with the fingers.
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2. (Astron.) A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre.
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3. A grain sieve. [Scot.]
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Aeolian harp. See under Aeolian.
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Harp seal (Zool.), an arctic seal (Phoca Gr[oe]nlandica).
The adult males have a light-colored body, with a
harp-shaped mark of black on each side, and the face and
throat black. Called also saddler, and saddleback. The
immature ones are called bluesides; their fur is white,
and they are killed and skinned to harvest the fur.
Harp shell (Zool.), a beautiful marine gastropod shell of
the genus Harpa, of several species, found in tropical
seas. See Harpa.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Saddleback \Sad"dle*back`\, a.
Same as Saddle-backed.
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Saddleback roof. (Arch.) See Saddle roof, under Saddle.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Saddleback \Sad"dle*back`\, n.
1. Anything saddle-backed; esp., a hill or ridge having a
concave outline at the top.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) The harp seal.
(b) The great blackbacked gull (Larus marinus).
(c) The larva of a bombycid moth (Empretia stimulea)
which has a large, bright green, saddle-shaped patch
of color on the back.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
saddleback
n 1: a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is
shaped like a saddle) [syn: saddleback, saddle]
2: a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end
[syn: gable roof, saddle roof, saddleback, saddleback
roof]