humpback
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