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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