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Thresher shark

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thresh⋅er

[thresh-er]
–noun
1. a person or thing that threshes.
2. Also, thrasher. Also called thresher shark. a large shark of the genus Alopias, esp. A. vulpinus, which threshes the water with its long tail to drive together the small fish on which it feeds.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME thressher. See thresh, -er 1
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