HUMPBACK WHALE

Meaning of HUMPBACK WHALE in English

a large whalebone whale of the genus Megaptera having long narrow flippers, and noted for its habit of arching deeply as it dives: once abundant in coastal waters, it is now rare but its numbers are increasing.

[ 1715-25 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

HUMPBACK WHALE — noun Date: 1725 a large baleen whale ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) that is black above and white below and has …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HUMPBACK WHALE
Английский словарь Британика
HUMPBACK WHALE — noun see humpback 3a
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HUMPBACK WHALE — Date: 1725 : a large baleen whale ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) that is black above and white below and has …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HUMPBACK WHALE — Function: noun Date: 1725 : a large baleen whale ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) that is black above and white below …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HUMPBACK WHALE — ■ noun a baleen whale which has a hump (instead of a dorsal fin) and long white flippers. [ Megaptera …
Concise Oxford English vocab
HUMPBACK WHALE — [humpback whale] n (1725): a large baleen whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) that is black above and white below and has very …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HUMPBACK WHALE
Britannica English vocabulary
HUMPBACK WHALE — (also hump·back ) noun a large whale (= a very large sea animal) with a back shaped like a hump
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HUMPBACK WHALE — ˌhumpback ˈwhale BrE AmE ( also humpback ) noun [countable] a large ↑ whale
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HUMPBACK WHALE
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HUMPBACK WHALE — зоол. горбатый кит, горбач (Megaptera gen.) (зоология) горбатый кит, горбач
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HUMPBACK WHALE — Горбатый кит
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
HUMPBACK WHALE — зоол. горбатый кит, горбач ( Megaptera gen. )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HUMPBACK WHALE — зоол. горбатый кит, горбач (Megaptera gen.)
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
HUMPBACK WHALE — горбач, горбатый кит
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
HUMPBACK WHALE — зоол. горбатый кит, горбач ( Megaptera gen. )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
HUMPBACK WHALE — зоол. горбатый кит, горбач ( Megaptera gen. )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HUMPBACK WHALE — горбач, горбатый кит
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HUMPBACK WHALE — горбач, горбатый кит
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HUMPBACK WHALE — зоол. горбатый кит, горбач (Megaptera gen.) (зоология) горбатый кит, горбач
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HUMPBACK — noun Date: 1697 a humped or crooked back, hunchback 1, ~ whale , pink salmon
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WHALE — I Any of dozens of species of exclusively aquatic mammal s found in oceans, seas, rivers, and estuaries worldwide but …
Английский словарь Британика
WHALE — I. ˈhwāl, esp before pause or consonant -āəl; also ˈwā- noun ( plural whale or whales ) Usage: often attributive …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HUMPBACK — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : a crooked back : a humped back : kyphosis 2. : a humpbacked person : hunchback …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HUMPBACK — (n.) A small salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), of the northwest coast of America.
Английский словарь Webster
HUMPBACK — (n.) Any whale of the genus Megaptera, characterized by a hump or bunch on the back. Several species are known. …
Английский словарь Webster
HUMPBACK — (n.) A humpbacked person; a hunchback.
Английский словарь Webster
HUMPBACK — (n.) A crooked back; a humped back.
Английский словарь Webster
HUMPBACK — ( n. ) Any whale of the genus Megaptera, characterized by a hump or bunch on the back. Several species …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HUMPBACK — ( n. ) A small salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), of the northwest coast of America.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HUMPBACK — ( n. ) A humpbacked person; a hunchback.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HUMPBACK — ( n. ) A crooked back; a humped back.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WHALE — whale 1 /hwayl, wayl/ , n. , pl. whales , ( esp. collectively ) whale , v. , whaled, whaling …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HUMPBACK — /hump"bak'/ , n. 1. a back that is humped in a convex position. 2. kyphosis. 3. the humpback whale. [ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HUMPBACK — n. spinal deformity causing a hunched back; person having an abnormally protruding back
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WHALE — I. ˈhwāl, ˈwāl noun ( plural whales ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hwæl; akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HUMPBACK — -ˈbak noun Date: 1697 1. : a humped or crooked back ; also : kyphosis 2. : hunchback 1 3. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HUMPBACK — noun a crooked back; a humped back. 2. humpback ·noun a humpbacked person; a hunchback. 3. humpback ·noun a small …
Webster English vocab
HUMPBACK — ■ noun another term for hunchback . Derivatives ~ed adjective
Concise Oxford English vocab
WHALE — [whale] n, pl whales often attrib [ME, fr. OE hwael; akin to OHG hwal whale and perh. to L squalus …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HUMPBACK — [hump.back] n (1697) 1: a humped or crooked back; also: kyphosis 2: hunchback 1 3: humpback whale 4: pink salmon
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WHALE — any of several species of exclusively aquatic mammals who, along with the porpoises and dolphins, constitute the order Cetacea (see …
Britannica English vocabulary
HUMPBACK — humpback BrE AmE ˈhʌmp bæk ▷ humpback|ed t ▶ ˌ humpbacked ˈ bridge BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WHALE — / weɪl; NAmE / noun a very large animal that lives in the sea and looks like a very large …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HUMPBACK — / ˈhʌmpbæk; NAmE / noun 1. = humpback whale 2. = hunchback
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHALE — I. whale 1 /weɪl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: hwæl ] 1 . a very …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HUMPBACK — I. hump ‧ back /ˈhʌmpbæk/ BrE AmE noun [countable] 1 . a ↑ humpback whale 2 . a ↑ hunchback …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WHALE — n. (pl. same or whales) any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, having a streamlined body and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WHALE — n. (pl. same or whales) any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, having a streamlined body and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HUMPBACK — n. 1 a a deformed back with a hump. b a person having this. 2 a baleen whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WHALE — 1. n. (pl. same or whales) any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, having a streamlined body …
Oxford English vocab
HUMPBACK — n.1 a a deformed back with a hump. b a person having this. 2 a baleen whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, with …
Oxford English vocab
WHALE — ( whales) 1. Whales are very large mammals that live in the sea. N-COUNT see also killer whale , sperm …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HUMPBACK — ( humpbacks) A humpback or a humpback whale is a large whale with a curved back. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHALE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HUMPBACK — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a humpback bridge British English (= a short bridge with a steep slope at each …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WHALE — [noun] [C] - a very large sea mammalIf you have a whale of a time you enjoy yourself very much.We …
Cambridge English vocab
WHALE — n. white whale baleen whale blue whale fin whale razorback whale finback whale humpback whale killer whale pilot whale right …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WHALE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ beached , stranded ( esp. BrE ) … OF WHALES ▪ pod , school VERB + WHALE ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HUMPBACK — noun Humpback is used before these nouns: ↑ bridge
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WHALE — As to the signification of the Hebrew terms tan and tannin, variously rendered in the Authorized Version by "dragon," "whale," …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
WHALE — I 1. сущ. 1) кит to harpoon a whale ≈ забить кита гарпуном blue whale ≈ голубой кит white whale …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HUMPBACK — 1. сущ. 1) горб Syn : hump, hunch 2) горбун Syn : hunchback 3) зоол. горбатый кит, горбач Syn : …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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