humpbacked
adjective
- having a convex curvature in the spin
Wiktionary
adj
Etymology: From hump + backed.
- 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.”
- 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.”
verb
Etymology: From hump + backed.
- simple past and past participle of humpback