Definition of Family Sphyrnidae

1. Noun. Hammerhead sharks; bonnethead sharks.

Exact synonyms: Sphyrnidae
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Elasmobranchii, Selachii, Subclass Elasmobranchii, Subclass Selachii
Member holonyms: Genus Sphyrna, Sphyrna

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Sphyrnidae

family Sittidae
family Solanaceae
family Soleidae
family Solenidae
family Soricidae
family Spalacidae
family Sparganiaceae
family Sparidae
family Sphaeriaceae
family Sphaerobolaceae
family Sphaerocarpaceae
family Sphecidae
family Spheniscidae
family Sphingidae
family Sphyraenidae
family Sphyrnidae (current term)
family Spirillaceae
family Spirochaetaceae
family Spirulidae
family Squalidae
family Squatinidae
family Squillidae
family Staphylaceae
family Staphylinidae
family Steatornithidae
family Stenopelmatidae
family Stercorariidae
family Sterculiaceae
family Stichaeidae
family Stizidae

Literary usage of Family Sphyrnidae

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

1. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"... relations of the several species of Corax are not certainly known, and they may belong to the Lam- nidas. family Sphyrnidae, or Hammer-head Sharks. ..."

2. Annual Report of the New York Zoological Society by New York Zoological Society (1913)
"Received in poor condition 3 weeks Family SPHYRNIDAE. Hammerhead Shark, Sphyrna zygaena. Received in poor condition _ _ 1 week Family ..."

3. Sharks of Florida, the Bahamas, the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico by Jeremy Stafford-Deitsch (2000)
"The hammerheads (family Sphyrnidae), which are thought to have evolved from the requiem sharks only a few tens of millions of years ago, are also viviparous ..."

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