Meaning of HUMPBACK
| Pronunciation: | | 'hump`bak
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | crookback, humpback whale, hunchback, hunchback, kyphosis, Megaptera novaeangliae |
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| | See Also: | | baleen whale, cripple, genus Megaptera, Megaptera, spinal curvature, whalebone whale | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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