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humpbacked

humpbacked adjective: having a hump on the back, either naturally or due to a medical condition. Also the simple past and past participle of humpback.

Adjective

humpbacked (not comparable)

  1. Having a hump on the back, either naturally or due to a medical condition.
    • All modern camels are humpbacked creatures, but the number of humps depends on the species.
  2. Being a humpback bridge.
    • There was a little stream, or brook, never dry, flowing, now slow, now with torrential rapidity, for ever in its narrow ditch. Unsteadily a rustic bridge bestrode its dark waters, a rustic humpbacked bridge, in a state of extreme dilapidation.1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC

Also used as

humpbacked is also the simple past and past participle of humpback.

humpbacked meaning in Telugu, Assamese, Tagalog and Arabic

humpbacked in Telugu

having a hump on the back
కుబ్జము kubjamu

humpbacked in Assamese

having a hump on the back
কুঁজা kũza, উঠঙা-পিঠীয়া uthoṅa-pithia

humpbacked in Tagalog

having a hump on the back
hukong

humpbacked in Arabic

having a hump on the back
أَحْدَب ʔaḥdab

Synonyms of humpbacked

Forms of humpbacked

alternative formhump-backed

Origin of humpbacked

From hump + backed.

Words formed from humpbacked

Phrases with humpbacked

Questions about humpbacked

What does humpbacked mean?
Humpbacked means having a hump on the back, either naturally or due to a medical condition.
What is humpbacked in Telugu?
Humpbacked in Telugu is కుబ్జము (kubjamu). See Humpbacked meaning in Telugu.
What part of speech is humpbacked?
Humpbacked is an adjective.

Words near humpbacked in the dictionary

  1. humpback dolphins
  2. humpback salmon
  3. humpback salmons
  4. humpback whale
  5. humpback whales
  6. humpbacked
  7. humpbacked elves
  8. humpbacked salmon
  9. humpbacked salmons
  10. humpbacking
  11. humpbacks

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