hammerhead

Examples

• All

• But hammerhead sharks do not gather there to dine on smaller fish.

  Academic text (1995)

• Much later, we discovered that while still young, female hammerheads leave the coastal shallows of their infancy to join the schools.

  Academic text (1995)

• Without warning, a huge head, the head of a hammerhead shark, appears at the stern.

  Fiction book (1990)

• The shark circles again, that big hammerhead like a nightmare.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Why, then, do hammerheads school at these underwater mountains?

  Academic text (1995)

• Exhilarated at finding them, we were also somewhat apprehensive; no one knew whether the hammerheads would attack.

  Academic text (1995)

• The first question, however, was whether the hammerheads were using the seamount strictly as a mating ground.

  Academic text (1995)

• One female scalloped hammerhead—the largest I photographed—was a full thirteen feet long.

  Academic text (1995)

• While snorkeling, I saw a hammerhead shark swimming gracefully in the clear blue water.

• Divers often seek out hammerhead sharks due to their unique appearance and social behavior.

Synonyms

S

shark

vshammerhead

664 1.0

A large sea fish with sharp teeth that eats other animals

is a specific medium-sized species with a flattened hammer-shaped head

H

hammerhead shark

vshammerhead

2 4.1

A large shark with a head shaped like a hammer that lives in warm seas

is medium-sized with eyes at each end and less emphasis on danger

Compounds

H

hammerhead shark

2 4.1

A large shark with a head shaped like a hammer that lives in warm seas

S

smalleye hammerhead

• Specialized

8.9

A hammerhead shark with small eyes found in the western Atlantic, often fished for its liver

S

smooth hammerhead

• Specialized

7.5

A large shark with a smooth, hammer-shaped head often fished for its liver and skin

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology