Definition of hammerhead shark Hammerhead shark

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What does hammerhead shark mean?

Noun
hammerhead shark - medium-sized live-bearing shark with eyes at either end of a flattened hammer-shaped head; worldwide in warm waters; can be dangerous
		hammerhead
		shark any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
		genus sphyrna, sphyrna type genus of the Sphyrnidae
		smooth hammerhead, sphyrna zygaena fished for the hides and vitamin-rich liver
		smalleye hammerhead, sphyrna tudes fished for the hide and vitamin-rich liver

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hammerhead shark (Noun)
Any of various sharks of the genus Sphyrna having the eyes set on projections from the sides of the head, which gives it a hammer shape.
hammerhead shark (Noun)
A winghead shark .

Hammerhead shark of the genus "Sphyrna" are members of the family Sphyrnidae. There are 9 species of hammerhead sharks, ranging in size from about 3 feet (0.9 m) long to over 20 feet (6 m).

Description.

The hammerhead shark has a wide, thick head with the eyes at the margins. The head is indented at the center of the "hammer," which is almost rectangular in shape. This shark is gray-brown above with an off-white belly. The first dorsal fin (the large fin on the top of the shark that most people associate with sharks) is very large and pointed.

Diet and feeding habitats.

The great hammerhead is a fierce predator with a good sense of smell that helps it find its prey. The great hammerhead eats fish, including rays, and other sharks, squid, octopuses, and crustaceans. The great hammerhead has been known to be cannibalistic.

Habitat.

The hammerhead swims in warm and relatively warm water along the coastlines.

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