Definition of Thresher shark

1. Noun. Large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed.

Exact synonyms: Alopius Vulpinus, Fox Shark, Thrasher, Thresher
Generic synonyms: Shark
Group relationships: Alopius, Genus Alopius

Definition of Thresher shark

1. Noun. Any of three species of sharks, in the genus ''Alopias''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thresher Shark

threonyls
threose
threose nucleic acid
threoses
threpe
threpsology
thresh
thresh about
thresh out
threshable
threshed
threshel
threshels
thresher
thresher's lung
thresher shark (current term)
thresher sharks
thresherman
threshermen
threshers
threshes
threshhold
threshholds
threshing
threshing-floor
threshing floor
threshing floors
threshing machine
threshold
threshold body

Literary usage of Thresher shark

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Tail included, the thresher attains a length of 13 feet. It inhabits the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. thresher shark, or FOX SHARK, ..."

2. Denizens of the Deep by Frank Thomas Bullen (1904)
"Also, I have seen the thresher shark attacking the whale at close quarters, so close indeed that every movement of the shark and his victim was plainly ..."

3. Fish Stories Alleged and Experienced: With a Little History Natural and by Charles Frederick Holder, David Starr Jordan (1909)
"Shark, tec Basking shark; Hammer-head; Man - eating shark; Swell shark; Thresher shark. Silver fall-fish, its nests of stones, 270, 271. ..."

4. New Brunswick: With a Brief Outline of Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island by Alexander Monro (1855)
"The thresher shark. The Basking Shark. The thresher shark is said to be common on both sides of the Atlantic; it pursues the shoales of Mackarel, ..."

5. Elements of Zoology by Charles Frederick Holder, Joseph Bassett Holder (1885)
"Allied is the thresher shark (Fig. 198). The tail is fully a third of-the entire length, and forms a terrible weapon ... thresher shark. the powerful fish. ..."

6. New Brunswick; with a Brief Outline of Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island by Alexander Monro (1855)
"The Spinous Dog-fish. The Basking Shark. The thresher shark is said to be common on both sides of the Atlantic; it pursues the shoales of Mackarel, ..."

7. Elements of Zoology by Charles Frederick Holder, Joseph Bassett Holder (1885)
"Allied is the thresher shark (Fig. 198). The tail is fully a third of the entire ... thresher shark. the powerful fish. They attain a length of twenty feet. ..."

8. Elements of Zoology by Charles Frederick Holder, Joseph Bassett Holder (1885)
"Allied is the thresher shark (Fig. 198). The tail is fully a third of the entire ... thresher shark. the powerful fish. They attain a length of twenty feet. ..."

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