hammerhead

Noun

Meaning

A shark of the genus Sphyrna or Zygaena, having the eyes set on projections from the sides of the head, which gives it a hammer shape. The Sphyrna zygaena is found in the North Atlantic. Called also hammer fish, and balance fish.

A fresh-water fish; the stone-roller.

An African fruit bat (Hypsignathus monstrosus); -- so called from its large blunt nozzle.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

hammerhead shark dunce knucklehead blockhead shithead loggerhead bonehead numskull dunderhead muttonhead lunkhead fuckhead haddock nimrod sturgeon
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Antonyms

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Hypernyms

head shark stupid dolt dullard pillock

Hyponyms

shovelhead bonnethead bonnet shark Sphyrna tiburo smooth hammerhead Sphyrna zygaena

Phrases with the word

common hammerhead hammerhead sharks

Examples

Changes in design of these chairs ranges from cushioned detached arms, lengthening of the cushioned back (also known as "hammerhead") and a loose seat cushion. Source: Internet

The Hammerhead Gathering Pipeline is a 64-mile long pipeline designed to connect the company's gathering network in Pennsylvania's Marcellus shale to its long-haul transmission network in West Virginia. Source: Internet

Depending on the seasons and currents, you may also spy hammerhead sharks, huge manta rays and whale sharks. Source: Internet

Fisherman Noe Campus says he delivered around 30 shark pups after he got a hammerhead ashore and discovered a huge hole in her belly. Source: Internet

It opens with him at a picnic table cutting hunks of meat seemingly to use as bait for “five of the most dangerous sharks in the sea”—reef, tiger, hammerhead, lemon, great white. Source: Internet

Hawaiian children who are born with the hammerhead shark as an animal sign are believed to be warriors and are meant to sail the oceans. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Hammerfest hammerfish hammerfist hammerhead ribozyme hammerhead shark hammerhead sharks