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hammer-shaped |
hammerable |
hammercloth |
hammered |
hammerer |
hammerhead
| hammerhead shark
| hammering
| hammerkop
| hammerlock
| hammerman
hammerhead
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hammerhead has 3 senses
- hammerhead(n = noun.person) blockhead, bonehead, dumbass, dunce, dunderhead, fuckhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, lunkhead, muttonhead, numskull, shithead - a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence; Array is a kind of dolt, dullard, pillock, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupe, stupid, stupid person
- hammerhead(n = noun.artifact) Array - the striking part of a hammer; Array is a part of hammer
- hammerhead(n = noun.animal) hammerhead shark - medium-sized live-bearing shark with eyes at either end of a flattened hammer-shaped head; worldwide in warm waters; can be dangerous; Array is a kind of shark
is a kind of head
has parts: peen
is a member of genus sphyrna, sphyrna
has particulars: smooth hammerhead, sphyrna zygaena, smalleye hammerhead, sphyrna tudes, bonnet shark, bonnethead, shovelhead, sphyrna tiburo
CIDE DICTIONARY
hammerhead, n.
- A shark of the genus
Sphyrna orZygæna , having the eyes set on projections from the sides of the head, which gives it a hammer shape. TheSphyrna zygæna is found in the North Atlantic. Called alsohammer fish , andbalance fish . [1913 Webster] - A fresh-water fish; the stone-roller. [1913 Webster]
- An African fruit bat (
Hypsignathus monstrosus ); -- so called from its large blunt nozzle. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hammerhead, n.
1 any shark of the family Sphyrinidae, with a flattened head and eyes in lateral extensions of it.
2 a long-legged African marsh-bird, Scopus umbretta, with a thick bill and an occipital crest.
1 any shark of the family Sphyrinidae, with a flattened head and eyes in lateral extensions of it.
2 a long-legged African marsh-bird, Scopus umbretta, with a thick bill and an occipital crest.
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