Definition of Sphyrnidae

1. Noun. Hammerhead sharks; bonnethead sharks.

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sphyrnidae

Sphenopsida
Sphingian
Sphingidae
Sphinx
Sphynx
Sphyraena
Sphyraena barracuda
Sphyraenidae
Sphyrapicus
Sphyrapicus varius
Sphyrapicus varius ruber
Sphyrna
Sphyrna tiburo
Sphyrna tudes
Sphyrna zygaena
Sphyrnidae (current term)
Spi 1
Spica
Spice Islands
Spidey-sense
Spiegelberg
Spiegelberg's criteria
Spieghel
Spiegler
Spiegler-Fendt pseudolymphoma
Spiegler-Fendt sarcoid
Spielberg
Spielbergian
Spielmeyer
Spielmeyer-Sjogren disease

Literary usage of 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. The U. S. Coal Industry, 1970-1990: Two Decades of ChangeTechno (1994)
"... 12-15 Great White Shark Photo John Sneed Photo Ron and Valerie Taylor white shark (Figure 12-15); and the Sphyrnidae, which include the hammerheads. ..."

3. Natural Emirates: Wildlife and Environment of the United Arab Emirates by Peter Vine (1996)
"Sphyrnidae HAMMERHEAD SHARKS One of the larger sharks in the Arabian Gulf and east coast. Two species present. Head characteristically flattened and ..."

4. 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 ..."

5. Paleobiology of the Williamsburg Formation (Black Mingo Group, Paleocene) of by Albert E. Sanders (1998)
"Utilisation of a tropical bay as a nursery area by sharks of the families Carcharhinidae and Sphyrnidae. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 37:337-345. ..."

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