HUMPBACK

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

A crooked back; a humped back. Tatler.

2.
n.

A humpbacked person; a hunchback.

3.
n.

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.
n.

A small salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), of the northwest coast of America.

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