thrasher

/ˈθræʃər/

/ˈθræʃə/

Other forms: thrashers

Definitions of thrasher

1. noun

   thrush-like American songbird able to mimic other birdsongs
   synonyms: mocking thrush

   types:

   Toxostoma rufums, brown thrasher, brown thrush

   common large songbird of eastern United States having reddish-brown plumage

   type of:

   oscine, oscine bird

   passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus
2. noun

   a farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw
   synonyms: thresher, threshing machine

   type of:

   farm machine

   a machine used in farming
3. noun

   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, thresher, 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