hammerhead shark

/ˌhæmərˈhɛd ʃɑrk/

Other forms: hammerhead sharks

Definitions of hammerhead shark

1. noun

   medium-sized live-bearing shark with eyes at either end of a flattened hammer-shaped head; worldwide in warm waters; can be dangerous
   synonyms: hammerhead

   types:

   Sphyrna zygaena, smooth hammerhead

   fished for the hides and vitamin-rich liver

   Sphyrna tudes, smalleye hammerhead

   fished for the hide and vitamin-rich liver

   Sphyrna tiburo, bonnet shark, bonnethead, shovelhead

   small harmless hammerhead having a spade-shaped head; abundant in bays and estuaries

   type of:

   shark

   any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales