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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A species of hammerhead, Sphyrna tiburo, abundant on the Atlantic coast of the United States. The head is kidney-shaped, rather than hammer-shaped as in the true hammerhead (S. zygæna).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) small harmless hammerhead shark (
Sphyrna tiburio ) of the southern United States and West Indies, having a spade-shaped head; abundant in bays and estuaries.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small harmless hammerhead having a spade-shaped head; abundant in bays and estuaries
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