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hammerhead

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From hammer + head.

noun hammerheads

  1. The portion of a hammer containing the metal striking face (also including the claw or peen if so equipped). Holonym: hammer
  2. Any shark of the family Sphyrnidae, which only includes the genera Sphyrna and Zygaena, with eyes set on projections from the sides of the head.

    Similar: hammerhead shark, hammer fish, balance fish

  3. A hogsucker, a fresh-water fish of species Hypentelium nigricans, in the sucker family Catostomidae.
  4. A hammer-headed fruit bat, a fruit bat of species Hypsignathus monstrosus, with a large blunt nozzle.
  5. A hammerkop, a bird of species Scopus umbretta.
  6. slang A stupid person, a dunce. [The butler] joined us with a telegram for Bobbie on a salver. From her mother, I presumed, calling me some name which she had forgotten to insert in previous communications. Or, of course, possibly expressing once more her conviction that I was a guffin, which, I thought, having had time to ponder
  7. A turn-around; a parking area constructed in a subdivision for initial access and construction.
  8. A kind of ribozyme; hammerhead ribozyme.

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noun shark

Españolcornudilla
한국어귀상어 gwisang'eo
中文錘頭鯊 /锤头鲨, 雙髻鯊 /双髻鲨 shuāngjìshā
Françaisrequin marteau, zygène
Русскийаку́ла-мо́лот akúla-mólot, ры́ба-мо́лот rýba-mólot
Tiếng Việtcá mập đầu búa

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@misc{hammerhead_2026,
  title = {hammerhead},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hammerhead},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}