thresher

• Nom désignant soit une machine agricole servant à séparer le grain de la balle et de la paille, soit un grand requin pélagique à longue queue en forme de fouet, qu'il utilise pour regrouper les petits poissons avant de se nourrir.

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.

   Machine à battre

   • 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.

   Synonymesthrasherthreshing 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.

   Requin renard

   • 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.

   Synonymesthresher shark