"thresher" in the noun sense
1. thresher, thrasher, threshing machine
a farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw
2. thresher, thrasher, thresher shark, fox shark, Alopius vulpinus
large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed
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