THRASHER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed

Synonyms:

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("thrasher" is a kind of...):

shark (any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales)

Holonyms ("thrasher" is a member of...):

Alopius; genus Alopius (type genus of the family Alopiidae; in some classifications considered a genus of the family Lamnidae)

Meaning:

Thrush-like American songbird able to mimic other birdsongs

Synonyms:

mocking thrush; thrasher

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("thrasher" is a kind of...):

oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "thrasher"):

brown thrasher; brown thrush; Toxostoma rufums (common large songbird of eastern United States having reddish-brown plumage)

Holonyms ("thrasher" is a member of...):

genus Toxostoma; Toxostoma (thrashers)

Meaning:

A farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw

Synonyms:

thrasher; thresher; threshing machine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("thrasher" is a kind of...):

farm machine (a machine used in farming)

Derivation:

thrash (beat the seeds out of a grain)