Usually means: Large whales with distinctive bodies.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. humpbacks: Merriam-Webster
  2. humpbacks: Collins English Dictionary
  3. humpbacks: Vocabulary.com
  4. Humpbacks, humpbacks: Wordnik
  5. humpbacks: Wiktionary
  6. humpbacks: Dictionary.com
  7. Humpbacks: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Humpbacks: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. humpbacks: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Humpbacks: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (humpback)

noun:  A humped back (deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine).
noun:  (by extension) A hump or protuberance on the shoulders or back of an animal.
noun:  (figurative) A rounded topographical feature, such as a mountain or hill.
noun:  (derogatory, now offensive) A person with a humpback; a person who suffers from kyphosis.
noun:  A humpback whale.
noun:  A humpback salmon.
verb:  To hunt humpback whales.
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