hammerhead
- Noun. The portion of a hammer containing the metal striking face (also including the claw or peen if so equipped).
- Noun. (zoology) Any of various sharks of the genus ''Sphyrna'' or ''Zygaena'' having the eyes set on projections from the sides of the head, which gives it a hammer shape.
- Noun. (zoology) A fresh-water fish; the stone-roller in the minnow family Cyprinidae.
- Noun. (zoology) An African fruit bat ''Hypsignathus monstrosus'', so called from its large blunt nozzle.
- Noun. (slang) A stupid person, a dunce.
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