thresher shark

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thresher shark (plural thresher sharks)

  1. Any of the species of sharks in the genus Alopias, three of which are extant.
    • 1975, Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb, Jaws, spoken by Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss):
      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.
    • 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.

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