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whale⋅back

  [hweyl-bak, weyl-]
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–noun
1. Nautical.
a. a cargo vessel having a hull with a convex deck.
b. a deck or cover curving upward.
2. something shaped like the back of a whale, as a rounded hill or an ocean wave.
Origin:
1885–90; whale 1 + back 1
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whale·back   (hwāl'bāk', wāl'-)   
n.  A steamship with the bow and upper deck rounded so as to shed water.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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