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hammerhead

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Meaning

  1. noun The portion of a hammer containing the metal striking face (also including the claw or peen if so equipped).
  2. noun Any organism with head shaped like that of a hammer: 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. A hogsucker, a fresh-water fish of species Hypentelium nigricans, in the sucker family Catostomidae. A hammer-headed fruit bat, a fruit bat of species Hypsignathus monstrosus, with a large blunt nozzle. A hammerkop, a bird of species Scopus umbretta.
  3. noun 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.
  4. noun A hogsucker, a fresh-water fish of species Hypentelium nigricans, in the sucker family Catostomidae.
  5. noun A hammer-headed fruit bat, a fruit bat of species Hypsignathus monstrosus, with a large blunt nozzle.
  6. noun A hammerkop, a bird of species Scopus umbretta.
  7. noun A stupid person, a dunce.
  8. noun A turn-around; a parking area constructed in a subdivision for initial access and construction.

Similar words

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Often followed by

shark ribozyme sharks ribozymes and is structure was rna

Word family

hammerheads

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