hammerhead
hammerhead Lexical Profile
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• noun
A predatory shark of the family Sphyrnidae, inhabiting warm coastal waters worldwide and characterized by a flattened, laterally extended head with eyes and nostrils positioned at the outer tips.
"The marine biologists observed a school of hammerheads swimming near the coral reef."
The heavy metal striking part of a hammer attached to the end of the handle.
"The carpenter tightened the loose hammerhead before driving the nails into the timber."
A dull-witted, stubborn, or foolish person (informal).
"He called himself a hammerhead after forgetting his house keys for the third time that week."
A medium-sized brown wading bird (Scopus umbretta) native to sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar, having a stout bill and a backward-projecting crest that gives its head a hammer-like profile.
"Along the muddy riverbank, a hammerhead searched the shallow water for frogs and small fish."