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thresher shark en · NOUN

Meanings

1. Any of the species of sharks in the genus Alopias, three of which are extant.
   • When I was 12 years old, my father got me a boat and I went fishing off of Cape Cod. I hooked a scup and as I was reeling it in, I hooked a 4.5 foot baby thresher shark who proceeded to eat my boat. 1975, Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb, Jaws, spoken by Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss):
   • I went diving […] and saw manta rays and thresher sharks, the sharks are like sickles, like polished steel, they look almost man-made except for their worried little faces, and they move like – like they’re not moving, the water is undisturbed by them. 2023, Samantha Harvey, Orbital, Jonathan Cape, page 57:

Forms

Deriveds

bigeye thresher · common thresher · pelagic thresher

Translations (23)

pt cação-raposa (any of three species of sharks) · is skottháfur (any of three species of sharks) · co pesciu volpe (any of three species of sharks) · de Fuchshai (any of three species of sharks) · sv rävhaj (any of three species of sharks) · pt zorro (any of three species of sharks) · fr requin renard (any of three species of sharks) · ru ли́сья аку́ла (any of three species of sharks) · ja 尾長鮫 (any of three species of sharks) · mi mangō-ripi (any of three species of sharks) · co pesciu pavonu (any of three species of sharks) · pl kosogon (any of three species of sharks) · ko 환도상어 (any of three species of sharks) · ru аку́ла-лиси́ца (any of three species of sharks) · es azotador (any of three species of sharks) · pt tubarão-raposa (any of three species of sharks) · it squalo volpe (any of three species of sharks) · co pesciu topu (any of three species of sharks) · nl voshaai (any of three species of sharks) · fi kettuhai (any of three species of sharks) · bg акула-лисица (any of three species of sharks) · de Drescherhai (any of three species of sharks) · ga sionnach mara (any of three species of sharks)