Associations to the word «Hammerhead»

HAMMERHEAD, noun. The portion of a hammer containing the metal striking face (also including the claw or peen if so equipped).

HAMMERHEAD, noun. (zoology) 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.

HAMMERHEAD, noun. (zoology) A fresh-water fish; the stone-roller, in the minnow family Cyprinidae.

HAMMERHEAD, noun. (zoology) An African fruit bat, the hammer-headed fruit bat, Hypsignathus monstrosus, so called from its large blunt nozzle.

HAMMERHEAD, noun. (slang) A stupid person, a dunce.

HAMMERHEAD, noun. (biology) A kind of ribozyme; hammerhead ribozyme.

HAMMERHEAD RIBOZYME, noun. (genetics) Any of a class of self-cleaving RNAs found in some viroids

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 SHARKS, noun. Plural of hammerhead shark

HAMMERHEAD, noun. A stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence.

HAMMERHEAD, noun. The striking part of a hammer.

HAMMERHEAD, noun. Medium-sized live-bearing shark with eyes at either end of a flattened hammer-shaped head; worldwide in warm waters; can be dangerous.