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Humpback

Humpback Meaning & Definition
Humpback Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Humpback?

[n] large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives
[n] a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine
[n] an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column

Synonyms | Synonyms for Humpback: crookback | humpback whale | hunchback | hunchback | kyphosis | Megaptera novaeangliae

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See Also | baleen whale | cripple | genus Megaptera | Megaptera | spinal curvature | whalebone whale

Humpback In Webster's Dictionary

\Hump"back`\, n. [Cf. {Hunchback}.] 1. A crooked back; a humped back. --Tatler. 2. A humpbacked person; a hunchback. 3. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Any whale of the genus {Megaptera}, characterized by a hump or bunch on the back. Several species are known. The most common ones in the North Atlantic are {Megaptera longimana} of Europe, and {M. osphyia} of America; that of the California coasts is {M. versabilis}. (b) A small salmon ({Oncorhynchus gorbuscha}), of the northwest coast of America.

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