 humpback |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (medicine) a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine | |
| Synonyms: | crookback hunchback | |
| Related terms: | cripple | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (medicine) an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column | |
| Synonyms: | hunchback kyphosis | |
| Related terms: | spinal_curvature | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (zoology) large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives | |
| Synonyms: | Megaptera_novaeangliae humpback_whale | |
| Related terms: | baleen_whale Megaptera | |
| Similar spelling: |
humpbacked |
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