Hammerhead

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(person) by TaintedTex (3 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Thu Jul 06 2000 at 18:19:43
Hammerhead also known as Momaw Nadon is also a Character from the Star Wars universe, seen only in one scene from Episode iv where Ben Kenobi and Luke Skywalker were in the Mos Eisley Space Port Cantina. A very oddly shaped head is his trademark, thus his nickname. In the extended universe he was part of the rebel alliance.
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:03:29

Ham"mer*head` (?), n.

1. Zool.

A shark of the genus Sphyrna or Zygaena, having the eyes set on projections from the sides of the head, which gives it a hammer shape. The Sphyrna zygaena is found in the North Atlantic. Called also hammer fish, and balance fish.

2. Zool.

A fresh-water fish; the stone-roller.

3. Zool.

An African fruit bat (Hypsignathus monstrosus); -- so called from its large blunt nozzle.

 

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