humpback

noun

• 1 (also humpback whale) a baleen whale which has a hump (instead of a dorsal fin) and long white flippers.

  • Megaptera novaeangliae, family Balaenopteridae

• 2 (also humpback salmon) a small salmon with dark spots on the back, native to the North Pacific and introduced into the NW Atlantic. Also called pink salmon.

  • Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, family Salmonidae

• 3another term for hunchback.