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thresher

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thresher

Noun

∙ Anything or anyone that threshes. agriculture
∙ A now-obsolete hand tool for threshing, also called a flail. agriculture, obsolete
∙ A modern farm machine for threshing grain, now a part of combine harvesters rather than a separate implement. agriculture
∙ Any of several large pelagic sharks of the genus Alopias, which have a very long tail; more commonly called thresher sharks. [from 1880s] zoology

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