单词 | humpback |
释义 | Word Frequency humpback(ˈhʌmpˌbæk) noun 1. another word for hunchback 2. Also called: humpback whale a large whalebone whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, closely related and similar to the rorquals but with a humped back and long flippers: family Balaenopteridae 3. a Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, the male of which has a humped back and hooked jaws 4. Also called: humpback bridge British a road bridge having a sharp incline and decline and usually a narrow roadway Derived forms humpbacked (ˈhumpˌbacked) adjective Word origin C17: alteration of earlier crumpbacked, perhaps influenced by hunchback; perhaps related to Dutch homp lump |
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