Humpback Whale Definition

noun
A baleen whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) that arches its back when it dives, has long knobby flippers and a small dorsal fin, and communicates with complex songs.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • Megaptera novaeangliae
  • humpback
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Other Word Forms of Humpback Whale

Noun

Singular:
humpback whale
Plural:
humpback-whales

Humpback Whale Sentence Examples

  • Aurivillius himself examined a humpback whale which had as many as fifty specimens of Coronula diadema on each side of its head.

  • The humpback whale was heavily hunted in Scottish waters, adding to the estimated 250,000 humpbacks killed worldwide.

  • The songs were about a mother humpback whale who is about to give birth to her first calf.

  • Single sleepers had as an inn a lone humpback whale fruit peddlers florists.

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