Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Thresher"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thrasher \Thrash"er\, Thresher \Thresh"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, thrashes grain; a thrashing
machine.
2. (Zo["o]l.) 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. (Zo["o]l.) A name given to the brown thrush and other
allied species. See {Brown thrush}.
{Sage thrasher}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Sage}.
{Thrasher whale} (Zo["o]l.), the common killer of the
Atlantic.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thresher \Thresh"er\, n.
Same as {Thrasher}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
thresher
n 1: a farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks
and straw [syn: {thrasher}, {threshing machine}]
2: large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used
to round up small fish on which to feed [syn: {thrasher},
{thresher shark}, {fox shark}, {Alopius vulpinus}]
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