Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
Any of the family Sphyrnidae of sharks.
Any of various sharks of the genus Sphyrna having the eyes set on projections (cephalofoils) from the sides of the head, which gives it a hammer shape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Any of the family Sphyrnidae of sharks.
A winghead shark (Eusphyra blochii).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
medium-sized live-bearing shark with eyes at either end of a flattened hammer-shaped head; worldwide in warm waters; can be dangerous
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hammerhead
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shark
Narrower terms: smooth hammerhead, Sphyrna zygaena, smalleye hammerhead, Sphyrna tudes, shovelhead, bonnethead, bonnet shark, Sphyrna tiburo
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
-
Asturian:
pexe martiellu
— shark of the genus Sphyrna
-
Catalan:
tauró martell
— shark of the genus Sphyrna
-
Chinese Mandarin:
雙髻鯊 /双髻鲨
(shuāngjìshā)
— shark of the genus Sphyrna
-
Czech:
kladivoun
— shark of the genus Sphyrna
-
Danish:
hammerhaj
— shark of the genus Sphyrna
-
Dutch:
hamerhaai
— shark of the genus Sphyrna
-
Estonian:
vasarhai
— shark of the genus Sphyrna
-
Finnish:
vasarahai
— shark of the genus Sphyrna
-
French:
requin-marteau
— shark of the genus Sphyrna
-
German:
Hammerhai
— shark of the genus Sphyrna
-
Ancient Greek:
ζύγαινα
(zúgaina)
— shark of the genus Sphyrna
-
Hungarian:
pörölycápa
— shark of the genus Sphyrna
-
Indonesian:
hiu martil
— shark of the genus Sphyrna
-
Irish:
siorc ceann casúir
— shark of the genus Sphyrna
-
Italian:
squalo martello
— shark of the genus Sphyrna
-
Japanese:
シュモクザメ
(shumokuzame)
— shark of the genus Sphyrna
-
Korean:
귀상어
(gwisang'eo)
— shark of the genus Sphyrna
-
Latvian:
āmurzivs
— shark of the genus Sphyrna
-
Māori:
mangōpare
— shark of the genus Sphyrna
-
Māori:
kakere
— shark of the genus Sphyrna
-
Mokilese:
pako dohdo
— shark of the genus Sphyrna
-
Norwegian Bokmål:
hammerhai
— shark of the genus Sphyrna
-
Norwegian Nynorsk:
hamarhai
— shark of the genus Sphyrna
-
Norwegian Nynorsk:
hammarhai
— shark of the genus Sphyrna
-
Pangasinan:
balagbagan
— shark of the genus Sphyrna
-
Pohnpeian:
pako lohpwu
— shark of the genus Sphyrna
-
Polish:
głowomłot
— shark of the genus Sphyrna
-
Polish:
rekin młot
— shark of the genus Sphyrna
-
Portuguese:
tubarão-martelo
— shark of the genus Sphyrna
-
Russian:
аку́ла-мо́лот
(akúla-mólot)
— shark of the genus Sphyrna
-
Russian:
ры́ба-мо́лот
(rýba-mólot)
— shark of the genus Sphyrna
-
Russian:
молотоголо́вая аку́ла
(molotogolóvaja akúla)
— shark of the genus Sphyrna
-
Spanish:
tiburón martillo
— shark of the genus Sphyrna
-
Swedish:
hammarhaj
— shark of the genus Sphyrna
-
Tagalog:
bingkungan
— shark of the genus Sphyrna
-
Tagalog:
balagbagan
— shark of the genus Sphyrna
-
Tagalog:
krusan
— shark of the genus Sphyrna
