NOUN | animal | thresher shark, thresher, thrasher, fox shark, Alopius vulpinus | large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed |
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Meaning | large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed. | |
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Synonyms | thresher, thrasher, fox shark, Alopius vulpinus | |
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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