Definitions for: Thrasher


[n] large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed
[n] thrush-like American songbird able to mimic other birdsongs
[n] a farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw



Webster (1913) Definition: Thrash"er, Thresher Thresh"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, thrashes grain; a thrashing
machine.

2. (Zo["o]l.) A large and voracious shark (Alopias vulpes),
remarkable for the great length of the upper lobe of its
tail, with which it beats, or thrashes, its prey. It is
found both upon the American and the European coasts.
Called also fox shark, sea ape, sea fox, slasher,
swingle-tail, and thrasher shark.

3. (Zo["o]l.) A name given to the brown thrush and other
allied species. See Brown thrush.

Sage thrasher. (Zo["o]l.) See under Sage.

Thrasher whale (Zo["o]l.), the common killer of the
Atlantic.

Synonyms: Alopius vulpinus, fox shark, mocking thrush, thresher, thresher, thresher shark, threshing machine

See Also: Alopius, brown thrasher, brown thrush, farm machine, genus Alopius, genus Toxostoma, oscine, oscine bird, shark, Toxostoma, Toxostoma rufums

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