Humpback

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A crooked back; a humped back.

II. Humpback ·noun A humpbacked person; a hunchback.

III. Humpback ·noun A small salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), of the northwest coast of America.

IV. Humpback ·noun 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.