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humpback
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humpback /hump·back/ (hump´bak) kyphosis.
hump·back (hmpbk) or hunch·back (hnch-)
n.
See kyphosis.

humpback
[hump′bak]
Etymology: Du, homp, thick slice; AS, baec
See kyphosis.

humpback


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Many whale species including blue, fin, right, sperm and humpback whales were hunted to the verge of extinction during the 19th and 20th centuries, and Norway and Japan played central roles in the destruction of Antarctica's once-bountiful whale populations.
Included are the sleeping habits of the bottlenose dolphin, harbor seals, elephant seals, northern fur seals, walruses, humpback whales, beluga whales, manatees, sea otters, and walruses.
on the front page of the San Francisco Chronicle, there was the story of a 45 to fifty-foot female humpback whale who had become entangled in a web of crab traps and lines.
 
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