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humpbacked

adjective

  1. having a convex curvature in the spin
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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: From hump + backed.

  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.

verb

Etymology: From hump + backed.

  1. simple past and past participle of humpback