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Sphyrnidae

noun

hammerhead sharks; bonnethead sharks

• Syn: ↑family Sphyrnidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Elasmobranchii, ↑subclass Elasmobranchii, ↑Selachii, ↑subclass Selachii

• Member Meronyms: ↑Sphyrna, ↑genus Sphyrna

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\\ˈsfərnəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Sphyrna, type genus + -idae

: a family of sharks that have the head highly modified and that include the hammerheads and bonnetheads

Useful english dictionary. 2012.