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Hammerhead   Listen
noun
Hammerhead  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.
2.
(Zool.) A fresh-water fish; the stone-roller.
3.
(Zool.) An African fruit bat (Hypsignathus monstrosus); so called from its large blunt nozzle.





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"Hammerhead" Quotes from Famous Books



... principles of comparative anatomy. The common shark is perhaps the most fundamental form, with a hull-like body undivided into head, trunk, and tail, and from it have originated such peculiar variations as the hammerhead and skate. Among fishes with true bones, a cod or trout is the most typical in general features. Without ceasing to be true bony fishes, the trunk-fish and cow-fish are adapted by their peculiar characters of spine and armor plate to repel many ...
— The Doctrine of Evolution - Its Basis and Its Scope • Henry Edward Crampton


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