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Noun: humpback whale
  1. Large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives
    - humpback, Megaptera novaeangliae

Derived forms: humpback whales

Type of: baleen whale, whalebone whale

Part of: genus Megaptera, Megaptera

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