thresher

noun thresh·er \ ˈthre-shər , ˈthra- \

Definition of thresher

1 : one that threshes; especially : threshing machine

2 : thresher shark

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Shark researchers told the Cape Cod Times that threshers likely don’t have the ability to generate enough heat to keep vital organs healthy in water below 44 degrees Fahrenheit.

— kelli bender, PEOPLE.com, "Massachusetts Waters Are so Cold Sharks Are Freezing to Death," 8 Jan. 2018
His team plans to build 50 threshers to distribute for feedback before mass-producing them.

— National Geographic, "Thousands Submitted Ideas to Our ‘Chasing Genius’ Challenge. These 4 Won," 18 Sep. 2017
Grocery carts went door-to-door and families shared steam threshers later on to help neighbors bring in their harvests.

— linda gandee/special to cleveland.com, cleveland.com, "North Ridgeville library features the history of the city," 28 Aug. 2017
Warming temperatures and loss of oxygen in the sea will shrink hundreds of fish species—from tunas and groupers to salmon, thresher sharks, haddock and cod—even more than previously thought, a new study concludes.

— craig welch, National Geographic, "Climate Change May Shrink the World’s Fish," 21 Aug. 2017
While the fungal pathogen killing the leopard sharks has affected them indiscriminately, the salmon, thresher, and mako sharks that have washed up seem mainly to be young.

— eric simons, National Geographic, "Mysterious Shark Killer (Partially) Identified," 16 May 2017
Three years later, Witness announces that the thresher of big-business pop has advanced in its harvest of history by, well, about three years.

— spencer kornhaber, The Atlantic, "Katy Perry Conquers the Early ’90s on Witness," 9 June 2017
Mako Mania Tournament: 21st annual contest for catching sharks, bluefish and thresher sharks.

— baltimoresun.com, "Ocean City 2017 calendar of events," 16 May 2017

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