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Meaning of HUMPBACKED SALMON

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Hump"backed` salm"on\
A small salmon ({Oncorhynchus gorbuscha}) which ascends the
rivers of the Pacific coast from California to Alaska, and
also on the Asiatic side. In the breeding season the male has
a large dorsal hump and distorted jaws.

 

 

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