Dictionary

hammerhead en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From hammer + head.

Meanings

1. The portion of a hammer containing the metal striking face (also including the claw or peen if so equipped).
   • Meronym: hammer face
   • Holonym: hammer
2. 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.
3. Any organism with head shaped like that of a hammer: ▸ A hogsucker, a fresh-water fish of species Hypentelium nigricans, in the sucker family Catostomidae.
4. Any organism with head shaped like that of a hammer: ▸ A hammer-headed fruit bat, a fruit bat of species Hypsignathus monstrosus, with a large blunt nozzle.
5. Any organism with head shaped like that of a hammer: ▸ A hammerkop, a bird of species Scopus umbretta.
6. (slang) A stupid person, a dunce.
   • [The butler] joined us with a telegram for Bobbie on a salver. From her mother, I presumed, calling me some name which she had forgotten to insert in previous communications. Or, of course, possibly expressing once more her conviction that I was a guffin, which, I thought, having had time to ponder over it, would be something in the nature of a bohunkus or a hammerhead. 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter V, in Jeeves in the Offing:
7. A turn-around; a parking area constructed in a subdivision for initial access and construction.
8. A kind of ribozyme; hammerhead ribozyme.

Forms

Deriveds

hammer-headed

Relateds

hammerhead ribozyme · helve · hammerkop · hammerhead turn · handle · haft

Synonyms

hammerhead shark (shark) · hammer fish (shark) · balance fish (shark)

Translations (25)

mi mangō pare (shark) · pl głowomłot (shark) · ru ры́ба-мо́лот (shark) · cmn 錘頭鯊 /锤头鲨 (shark) · cmn 雙髻鯊 /双髻鲨 (shark) · mi mangōpare (shark) · fi vasarahai (shark) · es cornudilla (shark) · pl bijak (portion of a hammer used for hitting) · bg акула-чук (shark) · pl rekin młot (shark) · nv łóóʼ hashkéhé bitsiiʼ dikʼání (shark) · fr requin marteau (shark) · tr çekiç başlı köpek balığı (shark) · ru аку́ла-мо́лот (shark) · no hammerhai (shark) · grc ζύγαινα (shark) · da hammerhaj (shark) · fr zygène (shark) · vi cá mập đầu búa (shark) · mi kakere (shark) · ca tauró martell (shark) · ko 귀상어 (shark) · ast pexe martiellu (shark) · gl peixe martelo (shark)