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humpback

n. கூனல் முதுகு, கூனுடையவர், கூனன், கூனி, (பெ.) கூனல் முதுகுடைய.


Hump"back`, n. Etym: [Cf. Hunchback.] 1. A crooked back; a humped back. Tatler. 2. A humpbacked person; a hunchback. 3. (Zoöl.) (a) 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. (b) A small salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), of the northwest coast of America.


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