thresher (redirected from Thresher sharks)

thresh·er  (thrshr)

n.

1. One that threshes: a thresher of grain.

2. A threshing machine.

3. Any of various large sharks of the genus Alopias, especially A. vulpinus of the Atlantic and eastern Pacific oceans, having a tail with a long whiplike upper lobe with which it strikes the surface of the water.

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thresher [ˈθrɛʃə]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a person who threshes

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) short for threshing machine

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Also called thrasher thresher shark any of various large sharks of the genus Alopias, esp A. vulpinus, occurring in tropical and temperate seas: family Alopiidae. They have a very long whiplike tail with which they are thought to round up the small fish on which they feed

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	thresher - a farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw thrasher, threshing machine farm machine - a machine used in farming
	2.	thresher - large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed Alopius vulpinus, fox shark, thresher shark, thrasher shark - any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales Alopius, genus Alopius - type genus of the family Alopiidae; in some classifications considered a genus of the family Lamnidae

Translations

thresher [ˈθreʃəʳ] N (= person) → trillador(a) m/f; (= machine) → trilladora f

thresher

n

(Agr: = machine) → Dreschmaschine f; (= person) → Drescher(in) m(f)

(= thresher shark) → Drescherhai m