(n) medium-sized live-bearing shark with eyes at either end of a flattened hammer-shaped head; worldwide in warm waters; can be dangerous, Syn. hammerhead shark
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
n. 1. (Zool.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Zool.) A fresh-water fish; the stone-roller. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. (Zool.) An African fruit bat (Hypsignathus monstrosus); -- so called from its large blunt nozzle. [ 1913 Webster ]
[sukarappu . bonnettoheddo ; sukarappubonnettoheddo] (n) scalloped bonnethead (Sphyrna corona, little-known species of hammerhead shark found in the eastern Pacific from southern Mexico to northern Peru)
[suku-puheddo] (n) scoophead (Sphyrna media, species of little-known hammerhead shark found in tropical waters of the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific)
[namishumokuzame ; sumo-ruai . hanma-heddo ; sumo-ruaihanma-heddo] (n) smalleye hammerhead (Sphyrna tudes, species of hammerhead shark common in the western Atlantic)