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Hammerhead

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

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noun
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    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.

  3. 3

    A fresh-water fish; the stone-roller, in the minnow family Cyprinidae.

  4. 4

    An African fruit bat, the hammer-headed fruit bat, Hypsignathus monstrosus, so called from its large blunt nozzle.

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