razor-backed

English

Adjective

razor-backed (comparative more razor-backed, superlative most razor-backed)

1. (zoology) Having a sharp, lean, or thin back.

   a razor-backed hog

   a razor-backed perch

Related terms

• razorback

References

• “razor-backed”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “razor-backed”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)