Definition of Sphyrna tiburo

1. Noun. Small harmless hammerhead having a spade-shaped head; abundant in bays and estuaries.

Exact synonyms: Bonnet Shark, Bonnethead, Shovelhead
Generic synonyms: Hammerhead, Hammerhead Shark

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sphyrna Tiburo

Spheniscus
Spheniscus demersus
Sphenodon punctatum
Sphenopsida
Sphingian
Sphingidae
Sphinx
Sphynx
Sphyraena
Sphyraena barracuda
Sphyraenidae
Sphyrapicus
Sphyrapicus varius
Sphyrapicus varius ruber
Sphyrna
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
Spielberg

Literary usage of Sphyrna tiburo

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

1. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"Head hammer-shaped, the anterior and posterior margins nearly parallel; nasal groove conspicuous zygoma. (Sphyrna, hammer.) 9. sphyrna tiburo ..."

2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1918)
"These have been purchased l>y the Academy. Two species appear to be new and several others are interesting records. sphyrna tiburo (I.inné). ..."

3. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1870)
"Syst. ed. p. 55, tab. B9. no. 3. Gray, p. 0. Heart-headed Shark. Shaw, Gen. Zod. v. 2. p. 355, pi. 154, and Nat sphyrna tiburo, ..."

4. The Fishes of Panama Bay by Charles Henry Gilbert, Edwin Chapin Starks (1904)
"sphyrna tiburo (Linna-.ua). Reported for the first time from the Pacific Coast of America by the Hopkins Mazatlan Expedition (Jordan, 1895 b, p. ..."

5. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"The bonnet-head (sphyrna tiburo) has the head kidney-shaped or crescent-shaped. It is a smaller fish, but much the same in distribution and habits. ..."

6. Contributions to Biology by Hopkins Marine Station (1895)
"sphyrna tiburo (Linnaeus). CORNUDA. One specimen obtained by us at Mazatlan. It was not secured by Dr. Gilbert; this being the first record on the Pacific ..."

7. The Fishes of North Carolina by Hugh McCormick Smith (1907)
"Head hammer-shaped, the anterior and posterior margins nearly parallel; nasal groove conspicuous ' zygoma. (Sphyrna, hammer.) 9. sphyrna tiburo ..."

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