shovelhead Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun small harmless hammerhead having a spade-shaped head; abundant in bays and estuaries
    bonnet shark; Sphyrna tiburo; bonnethead.

WordNet

Shov"el*head` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A shark (Sphryna tiburio) allied to the hammerhead, and native of the warmer parts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also bonnet shark.

Webster 1913