Humpback

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A humped upper back.
  • noun. A humpback whale.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A crooked or hunched back.
  • noun. One who has a crooked back; a hunchback.
  • noun. A humpbacked whale of the genus Megaptera.
  • noun. In ichthyology, a salmon of the genus Oncorhynchus, O. gorbuscha, more fully called humpbacked salmon. See salmon.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A crooked back; a humped back.
  • noun. A humpbacked person; a hunchback.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. 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 Megaptera osphyia of America; that of the California coasts is Megaptera versabilis.
  • noun. A small salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), of the northwest coast of America; the humpbacked salmon.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A humped back
  • noun. A person with a humpback: hunchback
  • noun. A person who suffers from kyphosis
  • noun. A humpback whale
  • noun. A humpback salmon.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives
  • noun. a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine
  • noun. an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column
    • Word Usage
    "The back of the male just behind the head abruptly rises, forming a hump—hence the alternate name humpback salmon, or “humpy.”"
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    hunchback  
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    humpbacked salmon  
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