Meaning

1 senses
  1. A species of baleen whale (Megaptera novaeangliae).

    Buckelwal

    длиннору́кий китdlinnorúkij kit, кит-горба́чkit-gorbáč, горба́тый китgorbátyj kit

    горбатий китhorbatyj kyt, горбачhorbač

More definitions
  • large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Australia is now considering removing humpback whales from the endangered species list because of their growing numbers.

    ruТеперь в Австралии рассматривают возможность исключения горбатых китов из списка находящихся под угрозой вымирания видов по причине их растущего числа. — Wezel

  2. Humpback whales are often curious and may swim right alongside your boat, even rolling side-ways to look up at people.

  3. Humpback whales migrate annually through the Sargasso Sea.

  4. Humpback whales live in all the world’s oceans. They take their common name from a distinctive hump on the whale’s back.

Translations

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Forms

plural: humpback whales
Singularhumpback whale
Pluralhumpback whales

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Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

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