2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Humpback \Hump"back`\, n. [Cf. {Hunchback}.] 1. A crooked back; a humped back. --Tatler. [1913 Webster] 2. A humpbacked person; a hunchback. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zool.) (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 {Megaptera osphyia} of America; that of the California coasts is {Megaptera versabilis}. (b) A small salmon ({Oncorhynchus gorbuscha}), of the northwest coast of America; the {humpbacked salmon}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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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