thresher shark
noun
: 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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Just a few months earlier, another thresher shark was found dead on a beach in Devon, hinting at a troubling trend for this vulnerable species.
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Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
The dead thresher shark was moved from Par Beach to be studied.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
On New Year’s Day, the body of a male 4.25m (13.9 feet) thresher shark washed up on Par Sands Beach in Cornwall, shocking locals.
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Photos show the dead thresher shark and its distinctive tail.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
Across the United States, skates are the seafood equivalent of buffalo wings, and mako and thresher sharks are also being featured in restaurant menus across the country.
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
In April 2020, researchers documented a case of a dead female thresher shark that washed up on the Libyan coast with part of a swordfish's bill still lodged in its body.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
There have been reports of great white sharks, blue sharks and thresher sharks in the Sound, which are aggressive.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2024
But a handful of them—including great white sharks, thresher sharks and mako sharks—are regionally endothermic, just like the megalodon was.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2023
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Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
The dead thresher shark was moved from Par Beach to be studied.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
On New Year’s Day, the body of a male 4.25m (13.9 feet) thresher shark washed up on Par Sands Beach in Cornwall, shocking locals.
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Photos show the dead thresher shark and its distinctive tail.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
Across the United States, skates are the seafood equivalent of buffalo wings, and mako and thresher sharks are also being featured in restaurant menus across the country.
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
In April 2020, researchers documented a case of a dead female thresher shark that washed up on the Libyan coast with part of a swordfish's bill still lodged in its body.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
There have been reports of great white sharks, blue sharks and thresher sharks in the Sound, which are aggressive.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2024
But a handful of them—including great white sharks, thresher sharks and mako sharks—are regionally endothermic, just like the megalodon was.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2023
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“Thresher shark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thresher%20shark. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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