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Humpback
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A crooked back; a humped back. Tatler.
2. A humpbacked person; a hunchback.
3. Any whale of the genus Megaptera, characterized by a hump or bunch on the back. Several species are known. The most common ones in the North Atlantic are Megaptera longimana of Europe, and M. osphyia of America; that of the California coasts is M. versabilis.
4. A small salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), of the northwest coast of America.