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- English Word Humpback Definition 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.
- English Word Humpback Definition A small salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), of the northwest coast of America.
- English Word Humpbacked Definition Having a humped back.
- English Word Humped Definition Having a hump, as the back.
- English Word Humph Definition An exclamation denoting surprise, or contempt, doubt, etc.
- English Word Humpless Definition Without a hump.
- English Word Humpy Definition Full of humps or bunches; covered with protuberances; humped.
- English Word Humstrum Definition An instrument out of tune or rudely constructed; music badly played.
- English Word Humulin Definition An extract of hops.
- English Word Humus Definition That portion of the soil formed by the decomposition of animal or vegetable matter. It is a valuable constituent of soils.
- English Word Hun Definition One of a warlike nomadic people of Northern Asia who, in the 5th century, under Atilla, invaded and conquered a great part of Europe.
- English Word Hunch Definition A hump; a protuberance.
- English Word Hunch Definition A lump; a thick piece; as, a hunch of bread.
- English Word Hunch Definition A push or thrust, as with the elbow.
- English Word Hunch Definition To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly.
- English Word Hunch Definition To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back.
- English Word Hunchback Definition A back with a hunch or hump; also, a hunchbacked person.
- English Word Hunchbacked Definition Having a humped back.
- English Word Hunched Definition of Hunch
- English Word Hunching Definition of Hunch