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humpback: see hunchback hunchback, abnormal outward curvature of the spine in the thoracic region. It is also known as kyphosis and humpback, and in its severe form a noticeable hump is evident on the back. ..... Click the link for more information. . humpback 1. another word for hunchback 2. 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. Brit a road bridge having a sharp incline and decline and usually a narrow roadway How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It was certainly more agreeable to have an ill-natured humpback as a companion than to stand looking out of the study window at the rain, and kicking his foot against the washboard in solitude; something would happen every day,-- "a quarrel or something"; and Tom thought he should rather like to show Philip that he had better not try his spiteful tricks on I am as suspicious and prone to take offence as a humpback or a dwarf. |
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