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Definition of Family Sphyrnidae
1. Noun. Hammerhead sharks; bonnethead sharks.
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Elasmobranchii, Selachii, Subclass Elasmobranchii, Subclass Selachii
Member holonyms: Genus Sphyrna, Sphyrna
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Sphyrnidae
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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