Meaning of humpie | Babel Free

Definitions

A humpback salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha.

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

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