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winghead sharks

winghead sharks is the plural of winghead shark.

Meaning of winghead shark

Noun

winghead shark (plural winghead sharks)

  1. A species of hammerhead shark, Eusphyra blochii, in the family Sphyrnidae, named for the remarkably wide lobes on its head. It is the sole species in its genus.
    • The fast-declining winghead shark – a species of hammerhead – has also proved vulnerable to unregulated fishing, due to its distinctive shape which lends itself to entanglement in fishing nets.2016 July 8, Arthur Nelsen, The Guardian

Questions about winghead sharks

What is winghead sharks the plural of?
Winghead sharks is the plural of winghead shark.

Words near winghead sharks in the dictionary

  1. Wingham
  2. Winghams
  3. winghanded
  4. winghead
  5. winghead shark
  6. winghead sharks
  7. wingheads
  8. winghold
  9. wingholds
  10. wingier
  11. wingies

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