alopius_vulpinus (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *Alopius vulpinus*:
NOUN	animal	Alopius vulpinus, thresher, thrasher, thresher shark, fox shark	large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed

English > *Alopius vulpinus*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed.
Synonyms	thresher, thrasher, thresher shark, fox shark
Member of	Alopius, genus Alopius	type genus of the family Alopiidae
Broader	shark	Any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
Spanish	azotador

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