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• Thresher shark — Taxobox name = Thresher shark fossil range = Fossil range|56|0 Early Eocene to Present [cite journal last = Sepkoski first = Jack authorlink = coauthors = title = A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry) journal =… …   Wikipedia

• Long-tailed — may refer to:Ichthyology* Long tailed river stingray, freshwater stingray * Long tailed thresher shark, thresher shark inhabiting tropical and temperate waters worldwideMammology* Greater Long tailed Hamster, major crop eating rodent that resides …   Wikipedia

• thresher — late 14c., agent noun from THRESH (Cf. thresh). The thresher shark (c.1600) so called for its long upper tail shape, which resembles a threshing tool …   Etymology dictionary

• thresher — ► NOUN 1) a person or machine that threshes. 2) a shark with a long upper lobe to the tail, used to lash the water to guide its prey …   English terms dictionary

• thresher — [thresh′ər] n. 1. a person who threshes 2. THRESHING MACHINE 3. any of a family (Alopiidae, order Lamniformes) of large sharks of temperate and tropical seas, having a very long upper tail lobe, which supposedly threshes the water and drives its… …   English World dictionary

• Long-tailed thresher shark — Taxobox name = Long tailed thresher shark status = VU status system = iucn3.1 status ref = cite press release |title=More oceanic sharks added to the IUCN Red List |publisher=IUCN |date=2007 02 22 |url=http://www.iucn.org/en/news/archive/2007/02/2… …   Wikipedia

• thresher shark — Any of five species (family Alopiidae) of sharks with a long, scythelike tail that may constitute almost half their total length. They are found in tropical and temperate seas worldwide. They eat squid and schooling fishes, attacking after… …   Universalium

• thresher — /thresh euhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that threshes. 2. Also, thrasher. Also called thresher shark. a large shark of the genus Alopias, esp. A. vulpinus, which threshes the water with its long tail to drive together the small fish on which it… …   Universalium

• Thresher shark — Shark Shark, n. [Of uncertain origin; perhaps through OF. fr. carcharus a kind of dogfish, Gr. karchari as, so called from its sharp teeth, fr. ka rcharos having sharp or jagged teeth; or perhaps named from its rapacity (cf. {Shark}, v. t. & i.); …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• thresher — /ˈθrɛʃə/ (say threshuh) noun 1. someone or something that threshes. 2. someone who separates grain or seeds from wheat, etc., by beating with a flail, using a threshing machine, etc. 3. Also, thrasher, thresher shark. a large shark of the genus… …  

• long-tailed shark — didžiaakė jūrų lapė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Alopias superciliosus angl. big eyed thresher; long tailed shark rus. большеглазая лисья акула; большеглазая морская лисица ryšiai: platesnis… …   Žuvų pavadinimų žodynas