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humpbacked salmon

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Humpbacked salmon

Hump"backed` salm"on\ A small salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) which ascends the rivers of the Pacific coast from California to Alaska, and also on the Asiatic side. In the breeding season the male has a large dorsal hump and distorted jaws.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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