Noun
- 1. kyphosis, humpback, hunchback, spinal curvature
- usage: an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column
- 2. humpback, hunchback, crookback, cripple
- usage: a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine
- 3. humpback, humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, baleen whale, whalebone whale
- usage: large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives
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