humpback 
1. an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column • Syn: kyphosis, hunchback • Derivationally related forms: kyphotic (for: kyphosis) • Hypernyms: spinal curvature 2. a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine • Syn: hunchback, crookback • Derivationally related forms: crookback (for: crookback) • Hypernyms: cripple 3. large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives • Syn: humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae • Hypernyms: baleen whale, whalebone whale • Member Holonyms: Megaptera, genus Megaptera
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