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What does hammerhead mean?

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Noun
  1. (zoology) A fresh-water fish; the stone-roller, in the minnow family Cyprinidae.
  2. (zoology) An African fruit bat, the hammer-headed fruit bat, Hypsignathus monstrosus, so called from its large blunt nozzle.
  3. (slang) A stupid person, a dunce.
  4. (biology) A kind of ribozyme; hammerhead ribozyme.
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To see a hammerhead eat a surface bait is spectacular, but to see two fight over it is awesome!
There are four species which concern us, and they are the hammerhead shark, the white shark, the bull whaler and the tiger shark.
The whale shark, the hammerhead and the nurse shark are impossible to confuse.
The funeral director made a positive identification by a tattoo on Ray's arm of a hammerhead shark.
Turtles, large shoals of fish and pelagics including hammerhead, sharks, manta rays and whale sharks are often encountered.
Should a hammerhead or whitetip come belting along expecting a tasty snack, I was not anxious to be swept away by its enthusiasm.

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