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Definition of Sphyrna tiburo
1. Noun. Small harmless hammerhead having a spade-shaped head; abundant in bays and estuaries.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sphyrna Tiburo
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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