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thresher sharks

thresher sharks is the plural of thresher shark.

Meaning of thresher shark

Noun

thresher shark (plural thresher sharks)

  1. Any of the species of sharks in the genus Alopias, three of which are extant.
    • When I was 12 years old, my father got me a boat and I went fishing off of Cape Cod. I hooked a scup and as I was reeling it in, I hooked a 4.5 foot baby thresher shark who proceeded to eat my boat.1975, Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb, Jaws, spoken by Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss)

Questions about thresher sharks

What is thresher sharks the plural of?
Thresher sharks is the plural of thresher shark.

Words near thresher sharks in the dictionary

  1. threshed out
  2. threshel
  3. threshels
  4. thresher
  5. thresher shark
  6. thresher sharks
  7. thresherman
  8. threshermen
  9. threshers
  10. threshes
  11. threshes out

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