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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.
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
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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