Noun: humpback whale
- Large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives
"The humpback whale's haunting song carried through the ocean";
- humpback, Megaptera novaeangliae
Derived forms: humpback whales
Type of: baleen whale, whalebone whale
Part of: genus Megaptera, Megaptera
Encyclopedia: Humpback whale