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humpback†
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1n.
a large whale, Megaptera nodosa.
See: humpback whale
Quotations
1819
[List] . . . humpback. . . .
1909
The members of the Baleen Whale family are the Sulphur-Bottoms, the Finner Whales or Rorquals, the Humpbacks, and the king of all whales, the founder of the municipality of Herschel Island, whom his pursuers call indiscriminately the "Arctic Whale," "Polar Whale," or "Icebreaker."
1965
Among the several types of whales caught in this period were sperm, blues . . . bottle-nose, humpback and finback. . . .
2n.
a species of Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, characterized by pinkish flesh.
Quotations
1963
Humpback is the old and still popular name for the pink salmon.