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humpback
(hump′bak′)
noun
- a humped, deformed back; kyphosis
- hunchback (sense )
- ☆ a large rorqual whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) with long flippers and a raised, rounded back
- ☆ a male pink salmon at the time it travels up rivers to spawn
Related Forms:
- humpbacked adjective
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