- A crooked back; a humped back. - A humpbacked person; a hunchback. - Any whale of the genus Megaptera, characterized by a hump
or bunch on the back. Several species are known. The most common ones
in the North Atlantic are Megaptera longimana of Europe, and M. osphyia
of America; that of the California coasts is M. versabilis. - A small salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), of the northwest
coast of America.
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