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hammerhead (iou)



hammerhead noun. M16.
[from HAMMER noun + HEAD noun.]
The head or striking part of a hammer. M16.
A person's head (derog.); a stupid person, a blockhead. Now chiefly US & dial. M16.
Any of a number of sharks of the genus Sphyrna, with a flattened, laterally elongated head bearing the eyes and nostrils at the extremities. Also hammerhead shark. M19.
A long-legged African marsh-bird, Scopus umbretta, with a thick bill and an occipital crest. L19.
hammerheaded adjective having a head shaped like that of a hammer; fig. stupid: M16.