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Word: hammerhead (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • The portion of a hammer containing the metal striking face (also including the claw or peen if so equipped).
  • Zoology A fresh-water fish; the stone-roller in the minnow family Cyprinidae.
  • Zoology An African fruit bat ''Hypsignathus monstrosus'', so called from its large blunt nozzle.
  • Zoology Any of various sharks of the genus ''Sphyrna'' or ''Zygaena'' having the eyes set on projections from the sides of the head, which gives it a hammer shape.

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