Home › Words › E › eaglebackeaglebackeagleback means the back of an eagle (for riding upon).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, eagleback ranks #23,641 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom eagle + back, modelled on horseback.nounThe back of an eagle (for riding upon).e.g.“[…] out of the stag's forehead; he gloats over a continent of cheese and a sea of wine; even on eagleback he finds bladders of gin and good roast-beef-fruit; bread-fruit, plum-pudding-fruit […]” — 1918, Walter Lionel George, A Novelist on Novels, Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, page 189:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.elephantback 70% match — The back of an elephant. vs eagleback →dragonback 68% match — The back of a dragon (for riding). vs eagleback →birdback 68% match — The back of a bird. vs eagleback →eaglesque 67% match — Like or somewhat like an eagle. vs eagleback →eaglelike 65% match — Resembling or characteristic of an eagle. vs eagleback →buffaloback 65% match — The back of a buffalo (using for riding upon or carrying burdens). vs eagleback →eaglehawk 65% match — Any large bird of prey, especially the wedge-tailed eagle, Aquila audax. vs eagleback →dogback 64% match — The back of a dog (for riding upon). vs eagleback →