noun Download 🔗Share The portion of a hammer containing the metal striking face (also including the claw or peen if so equipped). Examples : "The carpenter carefully checked the hammerhead for any cracks before starting the project. " part machine item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The diver pointed out a hammerhead swimming near the coral reef, easily recognized by its unique, hammer-shaped head. " animal fish biology ocean nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A fresh-water fish; the stone-roller, in the minnow family Cyprinidae. Examples : "While fishing in the clear stream, we spotted a hammerhead darting between the rocks. " fish animal Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An African fruit bat, the hammer-headed fruit bat, Hypsignathus monstrosus, so called from its large blunt nozzle. Examples : "The zookeeper explained that the hammerhead, a type of fruit bat, is named for the male's unusually large, hammer-shaped head. " animal biology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A stupid person, a dunce. Examples : "My brother forgot his keys again. He's such a hammerhead! " person character negative Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A turn-around; a parking area constructed in a subdivision for initial access and construction. Examples : ""The delivery truck used the hammerhead at the end of the street to turn around easily." " property area architecture building technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A kind of ribozyme; hammerhead ribozyme. Examples : "In the biology class, we learned that a hammerhead is a type of ribozyme that can cut RNA. " biology biochemistry science Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
