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English noun: hammerhead

1. hammerhead (person) a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence


Synonymsblockhead, bonehead, dumbass, dunce, dunderhead, fuckhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, lunkhead, muttonhead, numskull, shithead


Broader (hypernym)dolt, dullard, pillock, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupe, stupid, stupid person

2. hammerhead (artifact) the striking part of a hammer


Broader (hypernym)head


Part holonympeen


Part meronymhammer

3. hammerhead (animal) medium-sized live-bearing shark with eyes at either end of a flattened hammer-shaped head; worldwide in warm waters; can be dangerous


Synonymshammerhead shark


Broader (hypernym)shark


Narrower (hyponym)bonnet shark, bonnethead, shovelhead, smalleye hammerhead, smooth hammerhead, Sphyrna tiburo, Sphyrna tudes, Sphyrna zygaena


Member meronymgenus Sphyrna, Sphyrna









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