| 单词 | thresher shark |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthresher shark a. More fully thresher shark. A shark having an elongated caudal fin used to stun prey, Alopias vulpinus (family Alopiidae). In later use more widely (frequently with distinguishing word): any of several sharks constituting the genus Alopias. Cf. thrasher n.1 2a, thresher fish n. A. vulpinus is also called fox shark.In early use perhaps conflated or confused with sense 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > member of family Alopiidae (sea-ape) sea-fox1605 thresher1605 sea-ape1607 sea ape1607 sea dog-fish1611 thrasher1638 thrasher fish1658 long-tailed shark1776 thresher fish1817 fox-shark1828 swingle-tail1839 1605 Sir T. Smithes Voiage in Rushia sig. C2 The gallant Sea-fight betwixte the huge Whale, the Sword-fish, and the Thresher. 1609 Newes from Bermudas July in P. Force Hist. Tracts & Other Papers (1838) II. 22 The Threasher keepeth above him, & with a mighty great thing like unto a flaile, hee so bangeth the whale, that hee will roare as though it thundered. 1758 W. Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornwall xxiii. §3. 265 The sea-fox, Vulpecula, or Simia marina..; this shark we call the Thresher, from the motion of its long fox-like tail with which it strikes or threshes its larger and less agile enemy the grampus. 1888 Ayr Advertiser 5 July 6 A very large specimen of the fox or ‘thresher’ shark was recently caught..at Port-na-Luing. 1941 Sat. Evening Post 1 Feb. 54/3 A thresher is one of the few powerhouses in the shark family. 1999 J. I. Castro et al. Preliminary Investig. Status Shark Species (U.N. F.A.O. Fisheries Techn. Paper No. 380) iv. 23 The bigeye thresher is most often seen in the bycatch of swordfish fisheries, where it is considered a nuisance. 2004 Dive Sept. 27 The most electrifying encounter was with a thresher shark that rose from the depths to swim past the divers. < as lemmas |
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