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thresher definition

thresher (t̸hres̸h′ər)

noun

  1. a person who threshes
  2. threshing machine
  3. any of a family (Alopiidae, order Lamniformes) of large sharks of temperate and tropical seas, having a very long upper tail lobe, which supposedly threshes the water and drives its prey together

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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