shovelhead

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shovelhead

(ˈʃʌvəlˌhɛd)

(Animals) a common shark, Sphyrna tiburo, of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, having a shovel-shaped head: family Sphyrnidae (hammerheads)

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Noun

shovelhead - small harmless hammerhead having a spade-shaped head; abundant in bays and estuaries

bonnet shark, bonnethead, Sphyrna tiburo

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

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Hammerhai

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Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo is now home to the smallest members of the hammerhead shark family - the bonnethead or shovelhead sharks.

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Dubai Aquarium has welcomed what aquarium managers said are "the smallest members in the hammerhead shark family, the aACAybonnethead or shovelhead sharks'.

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When he thinks of peace, he thinks of sound: a barge horn, a plane buzzing in the summer sky, a truck tire thumping across Boston Bridge, a Shovelhead, the roar thick through the valley down Route 48.

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