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THRASHER
thresher, thrasher, thresher shark, fox shark, Alopius vulpinus
(noun) large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed
thrasher, mocking thrush
(noun) thrush-like American songbird able to mimic other birdsongs
thresher, thrasher, threshing machine
(noun) a farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
thrasher (plural thrashers)
One who thrashes.
Any of several New World passerine songbirds, of the genera Toxostoma, Allenia, Margarops, Oreoscoptes and Ramphocinclus in the family Mimidae, that have a long, downward-curved beak.
A thresher shark.
(informal) A fan of thrash metal music.
Anagrams
• Ehrharts
Proper noun
Thrasher (plural Thrashers)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Thrasher is the 2807th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 12836 individuals. Thrasher is most common among White (84.67%) and Black/African American (10.06%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Ehrharts
Source: Wiktionary
Thrash"er, Thresh"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, thrashes grain; a thrashing machine.
2. (Zoƶl.)
Definition: A large and voracious shark (Alopias vulpes), remarkable for the great length of the upper lobe of its tail, with which it beats, or thrashes, its prey. It is found both upon the American and the European coasts. Called also fox shark, sea ape, sea fox, slasher, swingle-tail, and thrasher shark.
3. (Zoƶl.)
Definition: A name given to the brown thrush and other allied species. See Brown thrush. Sage thrasher. (Zoƶl.) See under Sage.
– Thrasher whale (Zoƶl.), the common killer of the Atlantic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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