hammerhead🔊

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

(zoology) Any organism with head shaped like that of a hammer:

Any shark of the family (family), which only includes the genera (genus) and (genus), with eyes set on projections from the sides of the head.

A hogsucker, a fresh-water fish of species (species), in the sucker family (family).

A {{vern|hammer-headed fruit bat}}, a fruit bat of species (species), with a large blunt nozzle.

A hammerkop, a bird of species (species).

(slang) A stupid person, a dunce.

A turn-around; a parking area constructed in a subdivision for initial access and construction.

(biology) A kind of ribozyme; hammerhead ribozyme.