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Synonyms
Etymology
1. thresher
noun. ['ˈθrɛʃɝ'] large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed.
Etymology
- -er (English)
- -er (Middle English (1100-1500))
- thresh (English)
- þrescan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
Rhymes with Thresher
- refresher
- pressure
- prescher
- fresher
- flesher
- dresher
- drescher
- mescher
- lesher
- chessher
- cheshire
- chesher
- beshore
- escher
Sentences with thresher
1. Noun, singular or mass
The geographical range of both the hammerhead and the thresher shark spans the Atlantic seas.
2. Adverb
The deep-water anglers catch albacore, bluefin and yellowfin tuna, thresher shark, halibut and bass.