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HUMPBACK
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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" 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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine
Synonyms:
crookback; humpback; hunchback
Classified under:
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)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column
Synonyms:
humpback; hunchback; kyphosis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("humpback" is a kind of...):
spinal curvature (an abnormal curvature of the vertebral column)
