humpbacked

Variant of humpback

noun

  1. a humped, deformed back; kyphosis
  2. hunchback (sense )
  3. ☆ a large rorqual whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) with long flippers and a raised, rounded back
  4. ☆ a male pink salmon at the time it travels up rivers to spawn

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