Thresher

  • 31thresher — thresh•er [[t]ˈθrɛʃ ər[/t]] n. 1) a person or thing that threshes 2) ich a large shark of the genus Alopias, esp. A. vulpinus, which herds small fish by flailing its tail • Etymology: 1350–1400 …

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  • 32thresher — n. 1 a person or machine that threshes. 2 a shark, Alopias vulpinus, with a long upper lobe to its tail, that it can lash about …

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  • 33thresher shark — noun Date: 1888 a large nearly cosmopolitan shark (Alopias vulpinus) that has a greatly elongated curved upper lobe of the tail which is often used to thresh the water to round up the schooling fish on which it feeds see shark illustration …

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  • 34thresher shark — noun Any of three species of sharks, in the genus Alopias …

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  • 35thresher's lung — farmer s l …

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  • 36thresher's lien — A statutory lien for the value of servic es in threshing grain. 3 Am J2d Agri § 14 …

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  • 37thresher's lung — noun alveolitis caused by an allergic reaction to fungal spores in the dust that is inhaled from moldy hay • Syn: ↑farmer s lung • Hypernyms: ↑alveolitis …

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  • 38USS Thresher (SS-200) — USS|Thresher|SS 200, a Tambor class submarine, was the first United States Navy ship to be named for the thresher shark. Her keel was laid down 27 May 1939 at the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 27 March 1940… …

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  • 39USS Thresher (SSN-593) — Die Thresher 1961 an der Wasseroberfläche Geschichte Bestellung 15. Januar 1958 Kiellegung …

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  • 40Common thresher — Conservation status Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1 …

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