See Also: humpback(dictionary)
humpback(dictionary)
humpback(medicine)
humpback whale(dictionary)
humpback whale(encyclopedia)
warehouse(1)(dictionary)
warehouse(2)(dictionary)
warehouse(dictionary)
WAREHOUSE(finance)
Public warehouse(finance)

Warehouse receipt (money) and humpback (medicine)


Warehouse receipt (money)


Definition: [crh] Evidence that a firm owns goods stored in a warehouse.







humpback (medicine)


humpback


1. A crooked back; a humped back.

2. A humpbacked person; a hunchback.

3. <marine biology> Any whale of the genus Megaptera, characterised by a hump or bunch on the back. Several species are known. The most common ones in the North Atlantic are Megaptera longimana of Europe, and M. Osphyia of America; that of the California coasts is M. Versabilis. A small salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), of the northwest coast of America.

Compare: Hunchback.