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. | |
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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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