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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.

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- The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale. It is a rorqual (a member of the family Balaenopteridae) and is the only species...
- Promachoteuthis megaptera is a small, rare squid found in the Pacific Ocean near ****an. "CephBase: Promachoteuthis megaptera". Archived from the original...
- Megaptera is a 1993 granite sculpture of a humpback whale with her calf by Georg Schmerholz, installed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. "Sculpture "Megaptera"...
- Grimpoteuthis megaptera is a species of octopus known from five specimens, collected by Addison Emery Verrill. Between two and three of these specimens...
- Megapterinae, with each subfamily containing one genus, Balaenoptera and Megaptera, respectively. However, the phylogeny of the various rorqual species shows...
- ("whitefella" in some Aboriginal languages) is an all-white humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) that was first sighted on the 28 June 1991 at the Australian...
- Rossia megaptera, also known as the big-fin bobtail squid, is a species of bobtail squid native to the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, specifically Davis...
- name Sthenoteuthis pteropus (Steenstrup, 1855) Synonyms Architeuthis megaptera Verrill, 1878 Ommastrephes pteropus Steensrup, 1855 Ommatostrephes pteropus...
- Begonia megaptera, the large winged begonia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Begoniaceae, native to Nepal, the eastern Himalaya, ****am,...
- Whale vocalizations are the sounds made by whales to communicate. The word "song" is used in particular to describe the pattern of regular and predictable...