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thresher shark

DEFINITIONS OF: thresher shark

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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
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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