Shovelhead

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shovelhead \Shov"el*head`\, n. (Zool.)
     A shark ({Sphryna tiburio}) allied to the hammerhead, and
     native of the warmer parts of the Atlantic and Pacific
     oceans; -- called also {bonnet shark}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  shovelhead
       n : small harmless hammerhead having a spade-shaped head;
           abundant in bays and estuaries [syn: {bonnethead}, {bonnet
           shark}, {Sphyrna tiburo}]