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thresher::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | thrasher, threshing machine |
| Type of | farm machine |
| Derivation | thresh |
thresher::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | alopius vulpinus, fox shark, thrasher, thresher shark |
| Type of | shark |
Examples of thresher
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The blades of the great thresher groan magnificently, zombificently, as they turn.
From the theatlantic.com
Thresher agreed, and an experienced facilitator named Harvey Lavoy coached me.
From the time.com
He said that thresher sharks have never been involved in an attack on humans.
From the bostonherald.com
There are thresher sharks near New Brighton Beach in 25 to 35 feet of water.
From the fresnobee.com
That was right in Patel's meaty arc, and it disappeared like a Tic-Tac into a thresher.
From the telegraph.co.uk
She was the first to record orcas hunting hammerhead and thresher sharks.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Among the species in this market were dusky, sand, and thresher sharks.
From the sciencedaily.com
In 1937, Hiram and John Pitts, brothers in Winthrop, Maine, made a mechanical thresher.
From the investors.com
By 1924, they developed a combine that was Gleaner thresher mounted on a Fordson tractor.
From the kansas.com
- A farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw
- Large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed
- First Quench Retailing was the largest independent off-licence retail chain in the UK, with around 1,200 shops operating under several retail brands, though all of which have now been closed. Its head office was based in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. ...
- A modern farm machine for threshing grain, now a part of combine harvesters rather than a separate implement; Anything or anyone that threshes; Any of several large pelagic sharks of the genus Alopias, which have a very long tail; more commonly called thresher sharks; A now-obsolete hand tool ...
- A machine used in tobacco processing facilities to cut the blade of the leaf away from the stem.
- Either a person who threshed grain by beating it with a flail to separate grain from chaff, or a person who operated a threshing machine for the same purpose.
- Rice student-run weekly newspaper.
