hammerhead

== English == === Etymology === From hammer +‎ head. === Pronunciation === === Noun === hammerhead (plural hammerheads) The portion of a hammer containing the metal striking face (also including the claw or peen if so equipped). Holonym: hammer Meronym: hammer face Comeronyms: handle, haft, helve (zoology) 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. (slang) A stupid person, a dunce. A turn-around; a parking area constructed in a subdivision for initial access and construction. (biology) A kind of ribozyme; hammerhead ribozyme. ==== Synonyms ==== (shark): hammerhead shark, hammer fish, balance fish ==== Translations ==== === See also === hammerkop hammerhead ribozyme hammerhead turn === References === hammerhead on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “hammerhead”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “hammerhead”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.