thresher

thresh·er

 (thrĕsh′ər)

n.

1. One who threshes.

2. A threshing machine.

3. A thresher shark.

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thresher

(ˈθrɛʃə)

n

1. (Agriculture) a person who threshes

2. (Agriculture) short for threshing machine

3. (Animals) Also called: thrasher or 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

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thresh•er

(ˈθrɛʃ ər)

n.

1. a person or thing that threshes.

2. a large shark of the genus Alopias, esp. A. vulpinus, which herds small fish by flailing its tail.

[1350–1400]

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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

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Translations

estivandier

trebbiatore

thresher

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

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thresher

n

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

(= thresher shark) → Drescherhai m

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