bonnet head

(Zool.) small harmless hammerhead shark (Sphyrna tiburio) of the southern United States and West Indies, having a spade-shaped head; abundant in bays and estuaries.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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And over the shallow turtlegrass flats along the oceanside of South Bay large bonefish, permits, yellow jacks, lemon, blacktip and bonnet head sharks and barracudas are available.

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in front of their heads (three times the overlap in the pointy nosed species) while the bonnet head had a respectable 13 deg.

Wide heads give hammerhead sharks exceptional vision

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