dictionary definitions for "hammerhead"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  hammerhead
      n 1: these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's
           intelligence [syn: dunce, dunderhead, numskull,
           blockhead, bonehead, lunkhead, knucklehead,
           loggerhead, muttonhead, shithead, fuckhead]
      2: the striking part of a hammer
      3: 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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hammerhead \Ham"mer*head`\ (-h[e^]d`), n.
     1. (Zool.) A shark of the genus Sphyrna or {Zyg[ae]na},
        having the eyes set on projections from the sides of the
        head, which gives it a hammer shape. The {Sphyrna
        zyg[ae]na} is found in the North Atlantic. Called also
        hammer fish, and balance fish.
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     2. (Zool.) A fresh-water fish; the stone-roller.
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     3. (Zool.) An African fruit bat (Hypsignathus monstrosus);
        -- so called from its large blunt nozzle.
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