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HUMPBACK
1. A crooked back; a humped back.
2. A humpbacked face; a hunchback.
3. Any whale of the genus Megaptera, characterised by a hump or bunch on the back. Different species are known. The most general ones in the North Atlantic are Megaptera longimana of Europe, and M. Osphyia of America; that of the California coasts is M. Versabilis. A littlesalmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), of the northwest coast of America.
Compare: Hunchback.