Saddleback

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}]
    

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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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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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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