thresher shark

English

a thresher shark (Alopias pelagicas)

Noun

thresher shark (plural thresher sharks)

1. Any of the species of sharks in the genus Alopias, three of which are extant.
   • 2023, Samantha Harvey, Orbital, Jonathan Cape, page 57:

     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.

Derived terms

• pelagic thresher (Alopias pelagicus)
• bigeye thresher (Alopias superciliosus)
• common thresher (Alopias vulpinus)

Translations

any of three species of sharks

• Bulgarian: акула-лисица f (akula-lisica)
• Corsican: pesciu volpe m, pesciu topu m, pesciu pavonu m
• Finnish: kettuhai
• French: requin renard (fr) m
• German: Fuchshai (de)
• Irish: sionnach mara m
• Italian: squalo volpe m
• Japanese: 尾長鮫 (オナガザメ, onagazame)
• Korean: 환도상어 (hwandosang'eo)
• Maori: mangō-ripi
• Polish: kosogon m
• Portuguese: tubarão-raposa m, zorro (pt) m, cação-raposa m
• Russian: ли́сья аку́ла f (lísʹja akúla), аку́ла-лиси́ца f (akúla-lisíca)
• Spanish: azotador (es) m
• Swedish: rävhaj c

References

• thresher shark on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Alopias on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Alopias on Wikispecies.Wikispecies