THRESHER

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

thresher, thrasher, threshing machine

(noun) a farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

thresher (plural threshers)

(agriculture) Anything or anyone that threshes.

(agriculture, obsolete) 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) Any of several large pelagic sharks of the genus Alopias, which have a very long tail; more commonly called thresher sharks. [from 1880s]

Proper noun

Thresher (plural Threshers)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Thresher is the 26772^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 909 individuals. Thresher is most common among White (90.76%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary

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Thrash"er, Thresh"er, n.

1. One who, or that which, thrashes grain; a thrashing machine.

2. (Zoöl.)

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. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A name given to the brown thrush and other allied species. See Brown thrush. Sage thrasher. (Zoöl.) See under Sage.

– Thrasher whale (Zoöl.), the common killer of the Atlantic.

Thresh"er, n.

Definition: Same as Thrasher.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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