What's the difference between humpback and humpbacked?
Humpback
Definition:
(n.) A crooked back; a humped back.
(n.) A humpbacked person; a hunchback.
(n.) Any whale of the genus Megaptera, characterized by a hump or bunch on the back. Several species are known. The most common ones in the North Atlantic are Megaptera longimana of Europe, and M. osphyia of America; that of the California coasts is M. versabilis.
(n.) A small salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), of the northwest coast of America.
Example Sentences:
(1) Next year they will target 50 fin whales, 50 endangered humpbacks, and another 925 minkes.
(2) Some fields had lightly furrowed brows, others deep gullies and humpbacked hills.
(3) Japan should undertake some DNA research in Japanese fish markets, where endangered whales - including orcas and humpbacks - are being sold as minke whales.
(4) This communication briefly reviews knowledge of the systemic disease caused by Crassicauda boopis in blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus), fin whales (B. physalus) and humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
(5) An increased food supply has recently been cited for a large increase in the number of humpback whales off Massachusetts.
(6) Tackle the Humpback Dolphin trail and watch the surfers crest waves at Pollock Beach.
(7) Season of invasion coincides with the period of migration of calico and humpback salmon which are additional hosts of Diphyllobothriidae.
(8) He notes the proposed project site is near the Santa Lucia Bank, an area “very heavily used” by blue, fin, sperm and humpback whales.
(9) Humpback whale-watching cruises depart daily from Dalvík, 10 miles south.
(10) He says there are stunning coastal walks, opportunities to see humpback whales and plenty of swimming holes.
(11) The critical period of limb development in southern minke whale was shown to be at a stage between that in the small sized species; Common Porpoise, Phocoena communis and Striped Dolphin, Prodelphinus caeruleoalbus, and in large one; Humpback Whale, Megaptera nodusa.
(12) This projection demonstrates the anatomy, allowing assessment of fractures, the humpback deformity, and the shape of the scaphoid after grafting.
(13) My best experience was swimming with humpback whales: their size is incredible and they have the most extraordinary song, it's beautiful and really rather haunting.
(14) Once on land, humpbacks took human form and did good, and evil.
(15) The 9.5m (28ft) carcass of the humpback had been spotted by members of the British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) off Gravesend on Thursday, who had initially guessed it was a minke whale, but no further sightings were reported until the animal was found dead on Saturday.
(16) The spontaneous collapse of the two scaphoid fragments produced a dorsal angulation or "humpback" deformity that simulated the clinical situation of displaced scaphoid nonunions.
(17) His team has seen humpbacks “lunge feeding”, where the whales rise up under giant shoals and take hundreds of thousands of pounds of fish into their mouths in one gulp, filtering out the seawater through their baleen grills and swallowing the fish.
(18) The comparisons also showed that the humpback whale and the gray whale were approximately equidistant from the blue whale and the fin whale (genus Balaenoptera).
(19) Observations of marked individuals suggest that major oceanic populations of humpback whales are divided into a number of distinct seasonal subpopulations which are not separated by obvious geographic barriers.
(20) Grey, minke and humpback whales as well as dolphins also visit the islands.
Humpbacked
Definition:
(a.) Having a humped back.
Example Sentences:
(1) Next year they will target 50 fin whales, 50 endangered humpbacks, and another 925 minkes.
(2) Some fields had lightly furrowed brows, others deep gullies and humpbacked hills.
(3) Japan should undertake some DNA research in Japanese fish markets, where endangered whales - including orcas and humpbacks - are being sold as minke whales.
(4) This communication briefly reviews knowledge of the systemic disease caused by Crassicauda boopis in blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus), fin whales (B. physalus) and humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
(5) An increased food supply has recently been cited for a large increase in the number of humpback whales off Massachusetts.
(6) Tackle the Humpback Dolphin trail and watch the surfers crest waves at Pollock Beach.
(7) Season of invasion coincides with the period of migration of calico and humpback salmon which are additional hosts of Diphyllobothriidae.
(8) He notes the proposed project site is near the Santa Lucia Bank, an area “very heavily used” by blue, fin, sperm and humpback whales.
(9) Humpback whale-watching cruises depart daily from Dalvík, 10 miles south.
(10) He says there are stunning coastal walks, opportunities to see humpback whales and plenty of swimming holes.
(11) The critical period of limb development in southern minke whale was shown to be at a stage between that in the small sized species; Common Porpoise, Phocoena communis and Striped Dolphin, Prodelphinus caeruleoalbus, and in large one; Humpback Whale, Megaptera nodusa.
(12) This projection demonstrates the anatomy, allowing assessment of fractures, the humpback deformity, and the shape of the scaphoid after grafting.
(13) My best experience was swimming with humpback whales: their size is incredible and they have the most extraordinary song, it's beautiful and really rather haunting.
(14) Once on land, humpbacks took human form and did good, and evil.
(15) The 9.5m (28ft) carcass of the humpback had been spotted by members of the British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) off Gravesend on Thursday, who had initially guessed it was a minke whale, but no further sightings were reported until the animal was found dead on Saturday.
(16) The spontaneous collapse of the two scaphoid fragments produced a dorsal angulation or "humpback" deformity that simulated the clinical situation of displaced scaphoid nonunions.
(17) His team has seen humpbacks “lunge feeding”, where the whales rise up under giant shoals and take hundreds of thousands of pounds of fish into their mouths in one gulp, filtering out the seawater through their baleen grills and swallowing the fish.
(18) The comparisons also showed that the humpback whale and the gray whale were approximately equidistant from the blue whale and the fin whale (genus Balaenoptera).
(19) Observations of marked individuals suggest that major oceanic populations of humpback whales are divided into a number of distinct seasonal subpopulations which are not separated by obvious geographic barriers.
(20) Grey, minke and humpback whales as well as dolphins also visit the islands.