Humpback
WordNet
noun
(1) Large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives
(2) A person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine
(3) An abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column
WiktionaryText
Etymology
Probably cognate with:
- kyphosis (from Greek κύφος (kyphos) "humpbacked")
- cube (from Greek κύβος (kybos) "cube, vertebra")
- cubit (from Latin cubitum "cubit, elbow")
- incubate (from Latin incubare "to lie down")
- incubus
- incumbent
- cymbal (from Latin cymbalum from Greek kymbalon from kymbe "bowl")
Noun
humpback
- A humped back
- A person with a humpback: hunchback
- A person who suffers from kyphosis
- A humpback whale