| NOUN | state | humpback, kyphosis, hunchback | an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column |
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| person | humpback, hunchback, crookback | a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine | |
| animal | humpback, humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae | large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives |
| Sounds | hhah'mpbae.k | |
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| Rhymes | aback ... zodiac: 126 rhymes with aek... | |
| Meaning | An abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column. | |
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| Synonyms | kyphosis, hunchback | |
| Broader | spinal curvature | An abnormal curvature of the vertebral column |
| Spanish | cifosis, jorobado | |
| Catalan | cifosi | |
| Meaning | A person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine. | |
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| Synonyms | hunchback, crookback | |
| Broader | cripple | someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back |
| Spanish | cheposo, contrahecho, corcovado, curco, giboso, jorobado, maletudo | |
| Catalan | geperut | |
| Meaning | large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae | |
| Member of | Megaptera, genus Megaptera | humpback whales |
| Broader | baleen whale, whalebone whale | whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water |
| Spanish | ballena jorobada, gabarte, megáptera, xibarte, yubarta | |
| Catalan | iubarta, Megaptera novaeangliae | |
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