Associations to the word «Thresher»

Wiktionary

THRESHER, noun. (agriculture) Anything or anyone that threshes.
THRESHER, noun. (agriculture) (obsolete) A now-obsolete hand tool for threshing, also called a flail.
THRESHER, noun. (agriculture) A modern farm machine for threshing grain, now a part of combine harvesters rather than a separate implement.
THRESHER, noun. (zoology) Any of several large pelagic sharks of the genus Alopias, which have a very long tail; more commonly called thresher sharks. [from 1880s]
THRESHER SHARK, noun. Any of three species of sharks, in the genus Alopias.
THRESHER SHARKS, noun. Plural of thresher shark

Dictionary definition

THRESHER, noun. A farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw.
THRESHER, noun. Large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed.

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