English Explanatory Dictionary

ridgeback

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of three breeds of dog with a distinctive ridge of hair that runs against the grain of the rest of the coat along the spine: the Rhodesian Ridgeback, the Phu Quoc Ridgeback and the Thai Ridgeback.

Word forms

ridgeback ridgebacks

Etymology

From ridge + back.

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