humpback

English Thesaurus

1. large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	baleen whale, whalebone whale,
definition	:	whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus megaptera, megaptera,
definition	:	humpback whales (noun.animal)

2. a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine (noun.person)

hypernym	:	cripple,
definition	:	someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back (noun.person)

3. an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column (noun.state)

hypernym	:	spinal curvature,
definition	:	an abnormal curvature of the vertebral column (noun.state)

4. a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine (noun.person)

derivation	:	crookback, crookbacked, gibbous, humpbacked, humped, hunchbacked, kyphotic, crookback, crookbacked, gibbous, humpbacked, humped, hunchbacked, kyphotic,
definition	:	characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column (adj.all)

derivation	:	crookback, crookbacked, gibbous, humpbacked, humped, hunchbacked, kyphotic, crookback, crookbacked, gibbous, humpbacked, humped, hunchbacked, kyphotic,
definition	:	characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column (adj.all)