whale-backed en · ADJ
Meanings
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Of a landform, having a gentle curve resembling the back of a whale.
In front was an open plain, sloping slightly upwards and dotted with clumps of tree-ferns, the whole curving before us until it ended in a long, whale-backed ridge.
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more whale-backed | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most whale-backed | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |