1. A farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw
   "The old thresher was on display at the agricultural museum";
   - thrasher, threshing machine
    
2. Large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed
   "The thresher shark used its long tail to stun the school of fish";
   - thrasher, thresher shark, fox shark, Alopius vulpinus

Derived forms: threshers

Type of: farm machine, shark

Part of: Alopius, genus Alopius

Encyclopedia: Thresher, Mike