hammerheads in English

noun
1
a shark of tropical and temperate oceans that has flattened bladelike extensions on either side of the head, with the eyes and nostrils placed at or near the ends.
Climate change has pushed up water temperatures, resulting in regular sightings of the smooth hammerhead shark , which is not dangerous to humans.
2
a brown African marsh bird related to the storks, having a crest that looks like a backward projection of the head, and constructing an enormous nest.
Hammerheads are, overall, rather interesting and extraordinary birds.
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1. RHP Parker Bugg assigned to Jupiter Hammerheads from Greensboro Grasshoppers

2. In 1950, Enrico Tortonese examined the Nice and Cayenne specimens of S. tudes (the Coromandel specimen having been lost in the interim) and concluded that they were not great hammerheads, but rather the same species as S. bigelowi.

3. ‘Some groups mounted blades as axes, others as Adzes.’ ‘Stone tools include delicately made blades, microburins, burins, scrapers, and Adzes.’ ‘Technical ice tools are available with either bent or straight shafts and either hammerheads or Adzes.’ ‘I lift out one ax, twirl it, slam in the adze, and gingerly test it.’