thresher shark

 [thresh-er]  

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, especially A. vulpinus, which threshes the water with its long tail to drive together the small fish on which it feeds.
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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English thressher. See thresh, -er1
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thresher shark

noun
large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed [syn: thresher] 
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