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humpback

DEFINITIONS OF: humpback

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n a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine

Synonyms:
crookback, hunchback
Type of:
cripple
someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back

n an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column

Synonyms:
hunchback, kyphosis
Type of:
spinal curvature
an abnormal curvature of the vertebral column

n large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives

Synonyms:
Megaptera novaeangliae, humpback whale
Type of:
baleen whale, whalebone whale
whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water
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