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Whale variety
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humpback
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Word definitions for humpback in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Humpback may refer to: Humpback whale Humpback dolphin Humpback salmon Humpback bridge Humpback, a common name for the fish Chanodichthys dabryi Humpback, a variant of hunchback
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column [syn: kyphosis , hunchback ] a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine [syn: hunchback , crookback ] large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Humpback \Hump"back`\, n. [Cf. Hunchback .] A crooked back; a humped back. --Tatler. A humpbacked person; a hunchback. (Zo["o]l.) Any whale of the genus Megaptera , characterized by a hump or bunch on the back. Several species are known. The most common ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A humped back 2 A person with a humpback: hunchback 3 A person who suffers from kyphosis 4 A humpback whale 5 A humpback salmon.
Usage examples of humpback.
A movie director would have made up such a monster as this humpback to haunt a spooky castle.
He did not get far with the laugh, because the humpback grabbed his mouth with rough fierceness.
There seemed to be nothing much between themselves and freedom but a humpback who did not appear to amount to much.
The humpback led the retreat, bending low, for there was still shooting.
Them other fellers, that humpback and his convicts, just ran in, grabbed their prisoners and ran away again!
The man was walking toward the corner when a humpback stepped out of a doorway.
He was shot, as soon afterward as the humpback could pull trigger, in the right eye, the forehead, the right ear, successively.
Sandy Yell, or Sandy McGinnis, as Doc had learned in eavesdropping upon the conversation with the humpback master mind.
They had removed her humpback regalia and made it into a bundle which they carried along.
I was to wear the humpback disguise and go to Doc, reveal my identity and tell him I had learned where the secret of the whole mystery could be cleared up.
The humpback, it was noted, did not move with a great deal of agility.
They had been warned against a humpback, and although they believed the humpback had been Doc Savage in disguise, they were alert.
They had, as a matter of fact, observed the humpback in better light on other occasions.
The humpback seemed bothered not at all by the terrific uproar outside, and it would certainly be but a matter of minutes until the police broke in.
Ham was being wiped away, but now it whined more freely and the humpback moved the electrodes toward Doc and Monk.