thresher

• اسم يشير إما إلى آلة زراعية تفصل الحبوب عن القش والتبن، وإما إلى سمكة قرش كبيرة تعيش في المياه المفتوحة وتتميز بذيل طويل يشبه السوط يساعدها في تجميع الأسماك الصغيرة لتتغذى عليها.

A noun referring to either a farm machine used for separating grain from husks and straw, or a large pelagic shark with a long, whiplike tail that helps it herd small fish for feeding.

1. Farm machineB1formal

   A machine used in agriculture to separate grain or seeds from the husks and straw.

   آلة الدراس

   • The farmer used a thresher to process the wheat harvest.
   • Modern threshers are much more efficient than older models.
   • The thresher separated the grain from the chaff quickly.

   المرادفاتthrasherthreshing machine

2. Shark speciesB2formal

   A large shark found in warm seas, known for its long, whip-like tail used to herd and stun small fish.

   قرش الدرّاسة

   • The thresher shark uses its tail to round up schools of fish.
   • Divers spotted a thresher shark near the reef.
   • Thresher sharks are known for their distinctive long tails.

   المرادفاتthresher shark