THRESHER SHARK


Meaning of THRESHER SHARK in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1888

: a large nearly cosmopolitan shark ( Alopias vulpinus ) that has a greatly elongated curved upper lobe of the tail which is often used to thresh the water to round up the schooling fish on which it feeds — see shark illustration

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