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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Humpback \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: humpback n 1: an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column [syn: {kyphosis}, {hunchback}] 2: a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine [syn: {hunchback}, {crookback}] 3: large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives [syn: {humpback whale}, {Megaptera novaeangliae}]
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