Home › Words › H › hammerfishhammerfishhammerfish means the hammerhead shark.EtymologyFrom hammer + fish.nounThe hammerhead shark.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.bonnethead 65% match — A form of hammerhead shark (Sphyrna tiburo) vs hammerfish →foxfish 64% match — A fox shark or sea fox. vs hammerfish →headfish 64% match — The sunfish (of family Molidae). vs hammerfish →megashark 63% match — A very large shark. vs hammerfish →amberfish 63% match — An amberjack. vs hammerfish →hornpike 63% match — The garfish. vs hammerfish →soupfin 62% match — The school shark. vs hammerfish →sharksucker 62% match — The remora or suckerfish. vs hammerfish →