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Sphyrna zygaena
Hammerhead Ham"mer*head`, n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) A shark of the genus Sphyrna or Zyg[ae]na, having the eyes set on projections from the sides of the head, which gives it a hammer shape. The Sphyrna zyg[ae]na is found in the North Atlantic. Called also hammer fish, and balance fish.
Zygaena filipendula
Burnet Bur"net, n. [OE. burnet burnet; also, brownish (the plant perh. being named from its color), fr. F. brunet, dim. of brun brown; cf. OF. brunete a sort of flower. See Brunette.] (Bot.) A genus of perennial herbs (Poterium); especially, P.Sanguisorba, the common, or garden, burnet. Burnet moth (Zo["o]l.), in England, a handsome moth (Zyg[ae]na filipendula), with crimson spots on the wings. Burnet saxifrage. (Bot.) See Saxifrage. Canadian burnet, a marsh plant (Poterium Canadensis). Great burnet, Wild burnet, Poterium (or Sanguisorba) oficinalis.

Meaning of Zygaena from wikipedia

- Zygaena is a genus of moths in the family Zygaenidae. These brightly coloured, day-flying moths are native to the West Palearctic. Adalbert Seitz described...
- Zygaena is a genus of moths in the family Zygaenidae. Zygaena may also refer to: Sphyrna zygaena, the smooth hammerhead shark Zygaena dissimilis and Zygaena...
- The smooth hammerhead (Sphyrna zygaena) is a species of hammerhead shark, and part of the family Sphyrnidae. This species is named "smooth hammerhead"...
- Squalus zygaena (a synonym of Sphyrna zygaena, the smooth hammerhead). French zoologist Georges Cuvier, as a brief footnote to the account of S. zygaena in...
- Nature (IUCN) as of 2019. The great hammerhead was first described as Zygaena mokarran in 1837 by German naturalist Eduard Rüppell. The species name...
- Zygaena cocandica is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. In Seitz it is described as "A very remarkable...
- known by synonyms such as Zygaena, Cestracion, and Sphyrichthys. The earliest species described of this genus was Sphyrna zygaena by Carl Linnaeus in 1758...
- statices) Scotch burnet (Zygaena exulans) Slender Scotch burnet (Zygaena loti) New Forest burnet (Zygaena viciae) Six-spot burnet (Zygaena filipendulae) Five-spot...
- The six-spot burnet (Zygaena filipendulae) is a day-flying moth of the family Zygaenidae. Z. f. altapyrenaica Le Charles, 1950 Z. f. arctica Schneider...
- Zygaena sogdiana is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family. It is found in Central Asia. Erschoff, N. G. 1874 in Fedschenko, Travels in Turkestan...