winghead shark
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Noun
[edit]winghead shark (plural winghead sharks)
- 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.
- 2016 July 8, Arthur Nelsen, The Guardian:
- 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.
Translations
[edit]Eusphyra blochii
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References
[edit]winghead shark on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Eusphyra on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Eusphyra blochii on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons