saddle-shaped Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite shaped in the form of a horse's saddle

WordNet

Sad"dle-shaped` adjective
Definitions
  1. Shaped like a saddle. Specifically: (a) (Bot.) Bent down at the sides so as to give the upper part a rounded form. Henslow. (b) (Geol.) Bent on each side of a mountain or ridge, without being broken at top; -- said of strata.

Webster 1913