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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 little salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), of the northwest coast of America. Compare: Hunchback.
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