HUMPBACK

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives

Synonyms:

humpback; humpback whale; Megaptera novaeangliae

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("humpback" is a kind of...):

baleen whale; whalebone whale (whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water)

Holonyms ("humpback" is a member of...):

genus Megaptera; Megaptera (humpback whales)

Meaning:

A person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine

Synonyms:

crookback; humpback; hunchback

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Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("humpback" is a kind of...):

cripple (someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back)

Meaning:

An abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column

Synonyms:

humpback; hunchback; kyphosis

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("humpback" is a kind of...):

spinal curvature (an abnormal curvature of the vertebral column)