humpbacked
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adjective
having a hump on the back.
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| —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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Humpbacked
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Example sentences
The adults are stout, humpbacked, short-legged flies scarcely half as long as houseflies.
Yellow moonlight throws her humpbacked shadow across the glistening mud.
The somewhat humpbacked appearance of the fish is due to the head being slightly concave above the eyes.
Head and body slope upward from snout to dorsal fins and give the fish distinct humpbacked appearance.
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