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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