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HUMPBACK WHALE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives
Synonyms:
humpback; humpback whale; Megaptera novaeangliae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("humpback whale" 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 whale" is a member of...):
genus Megaptera; Megaptera (humpback whales)
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