Saddle-shaped

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Saddle-shaped \Sad"dle-shaped`\, a.
     Shaped like a saddle. Specifically:
     (a) (Bot.) Bent down at the sides so as to give the upper
         part a rounded form. --Henslow.
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     (b) (Geol.) Bent on each side of a mountain or ridge, without


         being broken at top; -- said of strata.
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