thresher shark
Appearance
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]thresher shark (plural thresher sharks)
- Any of the species of sharks in the genus Alopias, three of which are extant.
- 2023, Samantha Harvey, Orbital, Jonathan Cape, page 57:
- I went diving […] and saw manta rays and thresher sharks, the sharks are like sickles, like polished steel, they look almost man-made except for their worried little faces, and they move like – like they’re not moving, the water is undisturbed by them.
Derived terms
[edit]- pelagic thresher (Alopias pelagicus)
- bigeye thresher (Alopias superciliosus)
- common thresher (Alopias vulpinus)
Translations
[edit]any of three species of sharks
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References
[edit]- thresher shark on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Alopias on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Alopias on Wikispecies.Wikispecies