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SHOVELHEAD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shovelhead mean?
• SHOVELHEAD (noun)
The noun SHOVELHEAD has 1 sense:
1. small harmless hammerhead having a spade-shaped head; abundant in bays and estuaries
Familiarity information: SHOVELHEAD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small harmless hammerhead having a spade-shaped head; abundant in bays and estuaries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
bonnet shark; bonnethead; shovelhead; Sphyrna tiburo
Hypernyms ("shovelhead" is a kind of...):
hammerhead; hammerhead shark (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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