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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SHOVELHEAD

SHOVELHEAD Shov "el *head `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A shark (Sphryna tiburio ) allied to the hammerhead, and native of the warmer parts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also bonnet shark.

 

Oxford Dictionary

shovelhead

shovelhead |ˈʃʌv (ə )lhɛd |(also shovelhead shark ) ▶noun another term for bonnethead.