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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hump•back /ˈhʌmpˌbæk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Pathologya back that is humped.
- Zoology, Mammalsa whale noted for the way it arches its back as it dives.
hump•backed, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hump•back (hump′bak′),USA pronunciation n. - Pathologya back that is humped in a convex position.
- Pathologykyphosis.
- Zoology, Mammalsthe humpback whale.
- apparently back formation from humpbacked 1690–1700
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: humpback /ˈhʌmpˌbæk/ n - another word for hunchback
- 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
- a Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, the male of which has a humped back and hooked jaws
- Also called: humpback bridge Brit a road bridge having a sharp incline and decline and usually a narrow roadway
Etymology: 17th Century: alteration of earlier crumpbacked, perhaps influenced by hunchback; perhaps related to Dutch homp lumpˈhumpˌbacked adj |