Thresher
WordNet
noun
(1) Large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed
(2) A farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A modern farm machine for threshing grain, now a part of combine harvesters rather than a separate implement.
- Anything or anyone that threshes.
- Any of several large pelagic sharks of the genus Alopias, which have a very long tail; more commonly called thresher sharks.
- A now-obsolete hand tool for threshing, also called a flail.