The humpback, which is believed to be a young male, had not been sighted before in Irish waters. From Wordnik.com. [RTÉ News] Reference
Doug Nowacek, Ari Friedlaender and colleagues 'expedition to tag humpback and minke whales in the Antarctic. From Wordnik.com. [American Scientist Online] Reference
As a result the destroyed vertebrae sink or rather settle down and cause a curvature of the spine, in other words a humpback. From Wordnik.com. [Prof. Koch's Method to Cure Tuberculosis Popularly Treated] Reference
The scientists who fitted out the Voyager probe decided that the song of the humpback was the best way to greet any possible aliens. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page]
This humpback, which is a result of tuberculous inflammation of the spine, must not be confounded with the humpback caused by rickets. From Wordnik.com. [Prof. Koch's Method to Cure Tuberculosis Popularly Treated] Reference
No wonder the "humpback" Duchess Sophie falls for him in a fairytale meeting where they discover a shared passion for Richard Wagner. From Wordnik.com. [Valhalla!] Reference
Sometimes known as 'humpback' Medicine: it's a noble profession, it serves humanity 15/47. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
The pink salmon is also known as the 'humpback' or 'humpy' because of the shape it develops before spawning. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
Hump removed by fairies, 103; added to humpback, 104. From Wordnik.com. [Italian Popular Tales] Reference
And with these words he killed the humpback that very instant. From Wordnik.com. [Filipino Popular Tales] Reference
This humpback was Marta's husband returning home from the fishery. From Wordnik.com. [Filipino Popular Tales] Reference
And, in California, two humpback whales seem to be treading water. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 21, 2007] Reference
"I have nothing but odd volumes in my stall," answered the humpback. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859] Reference
"You want a story, do you?" said the humpback, with a mournful smile. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859] Reference
And on a beach near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a beached humpback whale. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 10, 2004] Reference
In Australia, there's sad news about an orphaned baby humpback whale. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 21, 2008] Reference
The mother humpback whale and her calf have not been seen for a full day. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 30, 2007] Reference
The mother humpback whale and her calf are in a holding pattern near a bridge. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 28, 2007] Reference
COLLINS: In Australia, sad news to report about an orphaned baby humpback whale. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 21, 2008] Reference
The humpback reached the place, and hid himself precisely where his companion had. From Wordnik.com. [Italian Popular Tales] Reference
Music for humpback whales fails to get a mother and calf back to where they belong. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 18, 2007] Reference
Ms. DRUYAN: As well as one non-human language, the greetings of the humpback whales. From Wordnik.com. [Carl Sagan And Ann Druyan's Ultimate Mix Tape] Reference
He took a seat in front of the Hawaiian flag and a dreamy photo of a humpback whale. From Wordnik.com. [Hawaii's Aloha spirit is being tested in Democratic primary for governor] Reference
He wandered away again in the direction of the place where he had met the old humpback. From Wordnik.com. [Filipino Popular Tales] Reference
The poor humpback thought he meant him, so he ran away and hid himself in a court-yard. From Wordnik.com. [Italian Popular Tales] Reference
Go on a one-hour catamaran ride across the Santa Barbara channel, passing humpback whales. From Wordnik.com. [TRAVEL: TAMALES IN PARADISE] Reference
"And there's a school of 80 or so humpback whales, unique in that they are not migratory.". From Wordnik.com. [Oman's desert island] Reference
And no luck yet with efforts to herd two injured humpback whales back into the Pacific Ocean. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 18, 2007] Reference
But after the sixth, the last humpback, had been buried, the married humpback came home from his work. From Wordnik.com. [Filipino Popular Tales] Reference
When the humpback had gone a long way, he came to a square where there was a fair, at which everything was sold. From Wordnik.com. [Italian Popular Tales] Reference
The slender lash passed and repassed in a thousand intricate folds over the powerless limbs of the poor humpback. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859] Reference
They tell me that humpback whales are born knowing the ancient song of their species — no one teaches it to them. From Wordnik.com. [Jeanne's Song, 2010] Reference
It turns out that a humpback whale fin gives you a much more efficient design for a fan blade than the one we've got now. From Wordnik.com. [Atwood On Science, Fiction And 'The Flood'] Reference
Above all things I must make the affair with the little humpback secure, so that she cannot escape me when the storm breaks out!. From Wordnik.com. [The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig] Reference
On his way back he happened to look behind him, when he saw, to his great surprise, the humpback following him, carrying some fish. From Wordnik.com. [Filipino Popular Tales] Reference
And those huge whales, like a humpback whale would wash ashore and we would all skip school and go watch them disassemble the whale. From Wordnik.com. [In from the Cold with White Hinterland] Reference
(Soundbite of humpback whale) Ms. DRUYAN: And it was a sacred undertaking because it was saying, we want to be citizens of the cosmos. From Wordnik.com. [Carl Sagan And Ann Druyan's Ultimate Mix Tape] Reference
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