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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A baleen whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) that arches its back when it dives, has long knobby flippers and a small dorsal fin, and communicates with complex songs.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the
humpback{3} .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A species of
baleen whale , Megaptera novaeangliae.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives
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