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(by extension) A hump or protuberance on the shoulders or back of an animal. / (figuratively) A rounded topographical feature, such as a mountain or hill.

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humpback

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈhʌmpbæk/

Noun

broadly figuratively derogatory offensive

Japanese Meaning

動物の肩や背中にあるこぶ、隆起部。 / 比喩的に、丸みを帯びた地形の特徴（山や丘など）。

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A young calf was born with a small humpback on its shoulders.

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子牛は肩に小さなこぶを持って生まれた。

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(by extension) A hump or protuberance on the shoulders or back of an animal.

[…] the cows stood about with gloomy eyes and hump-backs, surly and dangerous […]

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(figuratively) A rounded topographical feature, such as a mountain or hill.

On either side were the high, irregularly sloped mountains, with their foot hills robed in the same bright green as the valley, and with their bald hump-backs and sharp peaks, treeless, verdureless, and desolate […]

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(derogatory, now offensive) A person with a humpback; a person who suffers from kyphosis.

[…] Tom’s more specific and kindly impressions gradually melted into the old background of suspicion and dislike toward him as a queer fellow, a humpback, and the son of a rogue.

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A humpback whale.

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A humpback salmon.

humpbacks

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