Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thresher shark

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.33 in modern English

Syllables: thresh-er shark
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the species of sharks in the genus Alopias, three of which are extant.

Example Sentences

"When I was 12 years old, my father got me a boat and I went fishing off of Cape Cod. I hooked a scup and as I was reeling it in, I hooked a 4.5 foot baby thresher shark who proceeded to eat my boat."
"I went diving […] and saw manta rays and thresher sharks, the sharks are like sickles, like polished steel, they look almost man-made except for their worried little faces, and they move like – like they’re not moving, the water is undisturbed by them."

Inflected Forms

thresher sharks (plural)

Phrases

pelagic thresher bigeye thresher common thresher

Synonyms

thresher thrasher fox shark alopius vulpinus

Questions

What does thresher shark mean?: Any of the species of sharks in the genus Alopias, three of which are extant.

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