thresher shark

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thresher shark

noun thresher sharks

  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.

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noun any of three species of sharks

Españolazotador
한국어환도상어 hwandosang'eo
日本語尾長鮫 onagazame
Portuguêstubarão-raposa, zorro, cação-raposa
Françaisrequin renard
DeutschFuchshai, Drescherhai
Italianosqualo volpe
Русскийли́сья аку́ла lísʹja akúla, аку́ла-лиси́ца akúla-lisíca

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@misc{thresher_shark_2026,
  title = {thresher shark},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thresher%20shark},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}