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Rarehammerhead
The correct spelling is hammerhead.
How to pronounce hammerhead
noun
Say it like: Ham-mer-hee-d
The correct spelling is hammerhead. The portion of a hammer containing the metal striking face (also including the claw or peen if so equipped).
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Definition
noun
- 1.The portion of a hammer containing the metal striking face (also including the claw or peen if so equipped).
- 2.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.
- 3.A fresh-water fish; the stone-roller, in the minnow family Cyprinidae.
- 4.An African fruit bat, the hammer-headed fruit bat, Hypsignathus monstrosus, so called from its large blunt nozzle.
- 5.A stupid person, a dunce.
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