hammer-headed shark

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Noun

hammer-headed shark (plural hammer-headed sharks)

  1. (dated) The hammerhead shark
    • 1906, James George Frazer, Attis, Otis, Osiris, page 139:
      In Yam, one of the Torres Straits Islands, two brothers named Sigai and Maiau were worshipped in a shrine under the form of a hammer-headed shark and a crocodile respectively.