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thresher

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: thresher

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n
a farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw
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n
large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: thresher
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n a farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw

Synonyms:
thrasher, threshing machine
Type of:
farm machine
a machine used in farming
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n large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed

Synonyms:
Alopius vulpinus, fox shark, thrasher, thresher shark
Type of:
shark
any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
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