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Noun: thresher shark
  1. Large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed
    - thresher, thrasher, fox shark, Alopius vulpinus

Derived forms: thresher sharks

Type of: shark

Part of: Alopius, genus Alopius

Encyclopedia: Thresher shark