HyperDic: humpback_whale

English > 1 sense of the expression humpback whale:
NOUNanimalhumpback whale, humpback, Megaptera novaeangliaelarge whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives
English > humpback whale: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninglarge whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives.
Synonymshumpback, Megaptera novaeangliae
Member ofMegaptera, genus Megapterahumpback whales
Broaderbaleen whale, whalebone whalewhale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water
Spanishballena jorobada, gabarte, megáptera, xibarte, yubarta
Catalaniubarta, Megaptera novaeangliae

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