thresher shark
noun
: a large nearly cosmopolitan shark (Alopias vulpinus) that has a greatly elongated curved upper lobe of the tail which is often used to thresh the water to round up the schooling fish on which it feeds see shark illustration
Examples of thresher shark in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Across the United States, skates are the seafood equivalent of buffalo wings, and mako and thresher sharks are also being featured in restaurant menus across the country.
—
Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
In April 2020, researchers documented a case of a dead female thresher shark that washed up on the Libyan coast with part of a swordfish's bill still lodged in its body.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
There have been reports of great white sharks, blue sharks and thresher sharks in the Sound, which are aggressive.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2024
But a handful of them—including great white sharks, thresher sharks and mako sharks—are regionally endothermic, just like the megalodon was.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2023
Or out-jump the thresher shark?
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 16 June 2022
Note for the thresher shark, more than half of its body length comes from its long tail.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2022
The thresher shark has one of the longest tails in the shark family, says Save Our Seas Foundation.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2022
Former commercial fisherman starts sea kelp farm as a do-no-harm response to pandemic Drone footage shows thresher shark along the shore at Narragansett BeachBaby Shark in Rhode Island?
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2022
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
In April 2020, researchers documented a case of a dead female thresher shark that washed up on the Libyan coast with part of a swordfish's bill still lodged in its body.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
There have been reports of great white sharks, blue sharks and thresher sharks in the Sound, which are aggressive.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2024
But a handful of them—including great white sharks, thresher sharks and mako sharks—are regionally endothermic, just like the megalodon was.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2023
Or out-jump the thresher shark?
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 16 June 2022
Note for the thresher shark, more than half of its body length comes from its long tail.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2022
The thresher shark has one of the longest tails in the shark family, says Save Our Seas Foundation.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2022
Former commercial fisherman starts sea kelp farm as a do-no-harm response to pandemic Drone footage shows thresher shark along the shore at Narragansett BeachBaby Shark in Rhode Island?
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2022
Dictionary Entries Near thresher shark
Cite this Entry
“Thresher shark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thresher%20shark. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share