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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HUMP'BACK, n. A crooked back; high shoulders.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column [syn: kyphosis, humpback, hunchback]
2: a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine [syn: humpback, hunchback, crookback]
3: large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives [syn: humpback, humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1697 1. a humped or crooked back; also kyphosis 2. hunchback 1 3. humpback whale 4. pink salmon

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a a deformed back with a hump. b a person having this. 2 a baleen whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, with a dorsal fin forming a hump. Phrases and idioms: humpback bridge Brit. a small bridge with a steep ascent and descent. Derivatives: humpbacked adj.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Humpback Hump"back`, n. [Cf. Hunchback.] 1. A crooked back; a humped back. --Tatler. 2. A humpbacked person; a hunchback. 3. (Zo["o]l.) (a) 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. (b) A small salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), of the northwest coast of America.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(humpbacks) A humpback or a humpback whale is a large whale with a curved back. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Crooked back, crook-back. 2. Hunchback, crook-back.