hammerhead shark

Questions about hammerhead shark

What does hammerhead shark mean?

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

What is another word for hammerhead shark?

Close synonyms include hammerhead. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hammerhead shark a common word?

hammerhead shark is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.