hammerhead

/ˌhæmərˈhɛd/

/ˈhæməhɛd/

Other forms: hammerheads

Definitions of hammerhead

1. noun

   the striking part of a hammer
   type of:

   head

   the striking part of a tool
2. noun

   medium-sized live-bearing shark with eyes at either end of a flattened hammer-shaped head; worldwide in warm waters; can be dangerous
   synonyms: hammerhead shark

   types:

   Sphyrna zygaena, smooth hammerhead

   fished for the hides and vitamin-rich liver

   Sphyrna tudes, smalleye hammerhead

   fished for the hide and vitamin-rich liver

   Sphyrna tiburo, bonnet shark, bonnethead, shovelhead

   small harmless hammerhead having a spade-shaped head; abundant in bays and estuaries

   type of:

   shark

   any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
3. noun

   a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
   synonyms: blockhead, bonehead, dunce, dunderhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, lunkhead, muttonhead, numskull

   type of:

   dolt, dullard, pillock, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupe, stupid, stupid person

   a person who is not very bright