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humpback † 
1 n. a large whale, Megaptera nodosa.
See also: humpback whale
- 1819 [List] . . . humpback. . . .
- 1909 The members of the Baleen Whale family are the Sulphur-Bottoms, the Finner Whales or Rorquals, the Humpbacks, and the king of all whales, the founder of the municipality of Herschel Island, whom his pursuers call indiscriminately the "Arctic Whale," "Polar Whale," or "Icebreaker."
- 1965 Among the several types of whales caught in this period were sperm, blues . . . bottle-nose, humpback and finback. . . .
2 n. a species of Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, characterized by pinkish flesh.
See also: pink salmon humpback salmon
- 1963 Humpback is the old and still popular name for the pink salmon.
- 1819 [List] . . . humpback. . . .