hammerhead shark

English

A hammerhead shark

Noun

hammerhead shark (plural hammerhead sharks)

1. Any of the family Sphyrnidae of sharks.
   1. 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.
   2. A winghead shark (Eusphyra blochii).

Synonyms

• hammerhead

Translations

shark of the genus Sphyrna

• Asturian: pexe martiellu (ast)
• Catalan: tauró martell m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雙髻鯊 / 双髻鲨 (zh) (shuāngjìshā)

• Danish: hammerhaj
• Dutch: hamerhaai (nl)
• Finnish: vasarahai (fi)
• French: requin-marteau (fr)
• German: Hammerhai (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: ζύγαινα f (zúgaina)

• Hungarian: pörölycápa (hu)
• Indonesian: hiu martil (id)
• Irish: siorc ceann casúir m
• Italian: squalo martello m
• Japanese: シュモクザメ (shumokuzame)
• Korean: 귀상어 (gwisang'eo)
• Maori: mangōpare, kakere
• Mokilese: pako dohdo
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hammerhai m

  Nynorsk: hamarhai m, hammarhai m

• Pangasinan: balagbagan
• Polish: głowomłot m, rekin młot m
• Portuguese: tubarão-martelo m
• Russian: аку́ла-мо́лот (ru) f (akúla-mólot), ры́ба-мо́лот (ru) f (rýba-mólot), молотоголо́вая аку́ла f (molotogolóvaja akúla)
• Spanish: tiburón martillo m
• Swedish: hammarhaj (sv) c
• Tagalog: bingkungan, balagbagan, krusan

References

• hammerhead shark on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sphyrna on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Sphyrna on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• winghead shark on Wikipedia.Wikipedia