thresher
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English
Etymology
From Middle English thresshere; equivalent to thresh + -er. The shark's tail is thought to resemble the implement.
Pronunciation
Noun
thresher (plural threshers)
- (agriculture) Anything or anyone that threshes.
- (agriculture, historical) A now-obsolete hand tool for threshing, also called a flail.
- (agriculture) A modern farm machine for threshing grain, now a part of combine harvesters rather than a separate implement.
- (zoology) Short for thresher shark.
Derived terms
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Translations
anything or anyone that threshes
hand tool
farm machine
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shark of the genus Alopias — see thresher shark
See also
Threshing machine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Thresher shark on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Alopias on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
