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thresher

Pronunciation: /ˈθɹɛʃə(ɹ)/

The English word “thresher” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Anything or anyone that threshes.
  2. A now-obsolete hand tool for threshing, also called a flail.
  3. A modern farm machine for threshing grain, now a part of combine harvesters rather than a separate implement.

Etymology

From Middle English thresshere; equivalent to thresh + -er. The shark's tail is thought to resemble the implement.

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