Humpie

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A humpback salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha.

    "There was a lot of snagging at first, of humpies too tired to resist, of deadfall trailing limbs in the water, but after a while Gregor caught and by a miracle landed a two-pound rainbow and everyone began fishing in earnest."

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humpback salmonhumpback salmon

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"There was a lot of snagging at first, of humpies too tired to resist, of deadfall trailing limbs in the water, but after a while Gregor caught and by a miracle landed a two-pound rainbow and everyone began fishing in earnest."

Etymology

From the shape of the body, which has a hump behind the head.

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