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Definition of Megaptera longimana
Megaptera longimana Humpback Hump"back`, n. [Cf. Hunchback.]
1. A crooked back; a humped back. --Tatler.
2. A humpbacked person; a hunchback.
3. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any whale of the genus Megaptera, characterized by a
hump or bunch on the back. Several species are known.
The most common ones in the North Atlantic are
Megaptera longimana of Europe, and M. osphyia of
America; that of the California coasts is M.
versabilis.
(b) A small salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), of the
northwest coast of America.