Humpie
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Humpie is a noun meaning A humpback salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha.
Meaning
A humpback salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha.
Example Sentences
Humpies travel in schools on or near the surface, so the dorsal fin can be easily spotted.
The once-unthinkable to Hank became his concentrated project for the next several days: to hone his deckwise wife to the mysteries of spotting and capturing humpie salmon from the viewpoint of the wheelhouse.
There was a lot of snagging at first, of humpies too tired to resist, of deadfall trailing limbs in the water, but after a while Gregor caught and by a miracle landed a two-pound rainbow and everyone began fishing in earnest.
Word Forms
- humpies
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include humpback, blueback, huso, blackmouth, huchen, quisutsch.
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