Humpback whales are often curious and may swim right alongside your boat, even rolling side-ways to look up at people.
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Humpback
/ˈhʌmpbæk/
Synonyms for "humpback" (26 found)
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Related words (13)
Noun(6 words)
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5 entriesadult humpbackcalf humpbackhumpback camelhumpback whalejuvenile humpback
Collocations
11 entriesadult humpbackhumpback formhumpback migrationhumpback morphologyhumpback posturehumpback shapehumpback songhumpback whalehumpbacked animaljuvenile humpbackmegaptera novaeangliae
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
2 entriesTranslations
19 translations across 17 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- donqar noun (humped back)
Bulgarian
1 entries- гърбица noun (humped back)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 駝背 /驼背 noun (humped back)
Finnish
1 entries- kyttyrä noun (humped back)
French
1 entries- bosse noun (humped back)
Georgian
1 entries- კუზი noun (humped back)
German
1 entries- Buckel noun (humped back)
Hungarian
1 entries- púp noun (humped back)
Japanese
2 entries- 傴僂 noun (humped back)
- 傴僂 noun (humped back)
Korean
2 entries- 곱사 noun (humped back)
- 곱사등 noun (humped back)
Macedonian
1 entries- гр́пка noun (humped back)
Māori
1 entries- tuarā hake noun (humped back)
Polish
1 entries- garb noun (humped back)
Portuguese
1 entries- corcunda noun (humped back)
Russian
1 entries- горб noun (humped back)
Swedish
1 entries- puckelrygg noun (humped back)
Telugu
1 entries- కుబ్జము noun (humped back)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
Baleen whales, such as gray and humpback whales, have hundreds of comb-like plates with stiff bristles growing from the upper jaw to strain small food from huge mouthfuls of water.
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Within national marine sanctuaries's protected waters, giant humpback whales breed and calve their young, temperate reefs flourish, and shipwrecks tell stories of our maritime history.
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Humpback whales migrate annually through the Sargasso Sea.
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