Alopias
noun
Alo·pi·as
əˈlōpēəs
: a monotypic genus of elasmobranch fishes that comprises the thresher sharks and is usually included in the Lamnidae but sometimes made the type and sole representative of a separate family
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, modification of Greek alōpekias thresher shark
First Known Use
1831, in the meaning defined above