HUMPBACK

• (noun) large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives

  synonyms : humpback whale , megaptera novaeangliae

• (noun) a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine

  synonyms : crookback , hunchback

• (noun) an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column

  synonyms : hunchback , kyphosis

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