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SADDLE-SHAPED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does saddle-shaped mean?
• SADDLE-SHAPED (adjective)
The adjective SADDLE-SHAPED has 1 sense:
1. shaped in the form of a horse's saddle
Familiarity information: SADDLE-SHAPED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shaped in the form of a horse's saddle
Similar:
formed (having or given a form or shape)
Context examples
A saddle-shaped synovial joint between the metacarpal of the thumb and the trapezium.
(Carpometacarpal Joint 1, NCI Thesaurus)
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