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humpbacked

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hump·back  (hmpbk)
n.
1. See hunchback.
2. A humped upper back.
3. A humpback whale.
humpbacked adj.
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Adj.1.humpbacked - characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column
crookback, crookbacked, gibbous, humped, hunchbacked, kyphotic
unfit - not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition; "fat and very unfit"; "certified as unfit for army service"; "drunk and unfit for service"
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German humpbacked [ˈhʌmpbækt] hump adj humpbacked bridge → gewölbte Brücke f
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Thus, the sperm whale and the humpbacked whale, each has a hump; but there the similitude ceases.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
"She distils nothing of the kind, vile rabble," said Don Quixote, burning with rage, "nothing of the kind, I say, only ambergris and civet in cotton; nor is she one-eyed or humpbacked, but straighter than a Guadarrama spindle: but ye must pay for the blasphemy ye have uttered against beauty like that of my lady.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
While at Lahainaluna--the residence of this monstrous Jezebel--a humpbacked wretch was pointed out to me, who, some twenty-five years previously, had had the vertebrae of his backbone very seriously discomposed by his gentle mistress.
Typee by Melville, Herman View in context
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