Humpback
[huhmp-bak] /ˈhʌmpˌbæk/
noun
1.
a back that is humped in a convex position.
2.
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3.
the .
/ˈhʌmpˌbæk/
noun
1.
another word for hunchback
2.
Also called humpback whale. a large whalebone whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, closely related and similar to the rorquals but with a humped back and long flippers: family Balaenopteridae
3.
a Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, the male of which has a humped back and hooked jaws
4.
(Brit) Also called humpback bridge. a road bridge having a sharp incline and decline and usually a narrow roadway
humpback hump·back (hŭmp’bāk’) or hunch·back (hŭnch’-)
n.
See kyphosis.
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