humpbacks in English

noun
1
a baleen whale that has a hump (instead of a dorsal fin) and long white flippers. It is noted for its lengthy vocalizations or “songs.”.
Visitors to the site where a humpback whale beached itself at the weekend were shocked to discover the mammal had already been put down yesterday.
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1. We've got to find some humpbacks.

2. And this orange line here marks the typical songs of east coast humpbacks.

3. The sea here is particularly rich, and the plankton eating humpbacks sieve out some food.

4. So do Humpbacks have ways of expressing the same request for the repetition of a pleasurable sonic experience?

5. Both humpbacks and Bowheads are so-called baleen whales, filter feeders that strain huge volumes of ocean water to capture krill, crustaceans, and small fish

6. ‘The proposal appears to apply in principle to virtually any species except Bowheads and blue whales, though in practice I think the government is more interested in assessing stocks of fins, humpbacks, pilot whales and several dolphins.’