thresher
See also: Thresher
English
Etymology
From Middle English thresshere; equivalent to thresh + -er. The shark's tail is thought to resemble the implement.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈθɹɛʃə(ɹ)/
- Rhymes: -ɛʃə(ɹ)
Noun
thresher (plural threshers)
- (agriculture) Anything or anyone that threshes.
- (agriculture, historical) A now-obsolete hand tool for threshing, also called a flail.
- (agriculture) A modern farm machine for threshing grain, now a part of combine harvesters rather than a separate implement.
- (zoology) Short for thresher shark. [from 1880s]
Derived terms
- harvester-thresher
- thresherman
- thresher whale
Translations
anything or anyone that threshes
hand tool
farm machine
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shark of the genus Alopias — see thresher shark
See also
Threshing machine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Thresher shark on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Alopias on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
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