The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκέστρα“hammer; a kind of fish”
- English todaycestraciont
Ancient Greek κέστρα (késtra, “hammer; a kind of fish”) + κίων (kíōn, “pillar; uvula; nasal septum”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
cestraciont
Today it means: Any shark historically placed in the genus Cestracion, now in Heterodontus (bullheads, horn shark, Port Jackson shark), Sphyrna (certain hammerheads), and Eusphyrna (winghead sharks). Full definition →
Ancient Greek κέστρα