Definition of Sphyrna

1. Noun. Type genus of the Sphyrnidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Sphyrna
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Sphyrnidae, Sphyrnidae
Member holonyms: Hammerhead, Hammerhead Shark

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sphyrna

Sphenisciformes
Spheniscus
Spheniscus demersus
Sphenodon punctatum
Sphenopsida
Sphingian
Sphingidae
Sphinx
Sphynx
Sphyraena
Sphyraena barracuda
Sphyraenidae
Sphyrapicus
Sphyrapicus varius
Sphyrapicus varius ruber
Sphyrna (current term)
Sphyrna tiburo
Sphyrna tudes
Sphyrna zygaena
Sphyrnidae
Spi 1
Spica
Spice Islands
Spidey-sense
Spiegelberg
Spiegelberg's criteria
Spieghel
Spiegler
Spiegler-Fendt pseudolymphoma
Spiegler-Fendt sarcoid

Literary usage of Sphyrna

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports Dealing with the Systematic Geology and Paleontology of Maryland by Maryland Geological Survey (1904)
"Sphyrna denticulata Emmons, 1858, Kept. N. Car. Geol. Survey, p. ... name by Gibbes' have the appearance of belonging to Carcharias rather than to Sphyrna. ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (1904)
"Sphyrna prisca, Ag., AS Woodward, 1889. Cat. Foss. Fishes Brit. ... Although it is held that the separate teeth of Sphyrna and Carcharias are practically ..."

3. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1845)
"In the principal part of this paper, viz. in the remarks on the identity of Sphyrna Blochii with the foetal state of laticeps. ..."

4. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"Genus Sphyrna Rafinesque. Hammer-headed Sharks. These sharks are readily distinguishable by their peculiarly shaped heads, which by lateral extension have ..."

5. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1864)
"348. Alopias vulpes Storer, Syn. 253. Hab. Mass, southwards. Sphyrna Raf., 1810. ... Sphyrna zygaena M. and H. ... Sphyrna tiburo M. and H. ..."

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