humpback
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humpback (ˈhʌmpˌbæk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 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 |
| [C17: alteration of earlier crumpbacked, perhaps influenced by | |
| 'humpbacked | |
| —adj | |
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Medical Dictionary
humpback hump·back (hŭmp'bāk') or hunch·back (hŭnch'-)
n.
See kyphosis.
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Example sentences
Beyond the mouth of the bay he could see rising plumes, the spouts of humpback whales gathered to breed.
Summer and fall trips feature humpback and blue whales on half-day trips.
He wants to know how humpback whales use a method called bubble feeding to trap fish.
Beyond the mouth of the bay he could see rising plumes, the spouts of humpback whales gathered to breed.
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