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Alopias vulpes
Thrasher Thrash"er, Thresher Thresh"er, n. 1. One who, or that which, thrashes grain; a thrashing machine. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A large and voracious shark (Alopias vulpes), remarkable for the great length of the upper lobe of its tail, with which it beats, or thrashes, its prey. It is found both upon the American and the European coasts. Called also fox shark, sea ape, sea fox, slasher, swingle-tail, and thrasher shark. 3. (Zo["o]l.) A name given to the brown thrush and other allied species. See Brown thrush. Sage thrasher. (Zo["o]l.) See under Sage. Thrasher whale (Zo["o]l.), the common killer of the Atlantic.
Hemeralopia
Hemeralopia Hem`e*ra*lo"pi*a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, the opposite of ?; ? day + ? of ?. See Nyctalopia.] (Med.) A disease of the eyes, in consequence of which a person can see clearly or without pain only by daylight or a strong artificial light; day sight. Note: Some writers (as Quain) use the word in the opposite sense, i. e., day blindness. See Nyctalopia.
Nyctalopia
Nyctalopia Nyc`ta*lo"pi*a, n. [L. nyctalopia, fr. nyctalops a nyctalops, Gr. ?. Gr. ? meant, a person affected either with day blindness or with night blindness, and in the former case was derived fr. ?, ?, night + ?, ?, the eye; in the latter, fr. ? + ? blind + ?.] (Med.) (a) A disease of the eye, in consequence of which the patient can see well in a faint light or at twilight, but is unable to see during the day or in a strong light; day blindness. (b) See Moonblink. Note: Some writers (as Quain) use the word in the opposite sense, night blindness. See Hemeralopia.

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- Species: Alopia alpina R.Kimakowicz, 1933 Alopia bielzii (L.Pfeiffer, 1849) Alopia bogatensis (E.A.Bielz, 1856) Alopia canescens (Charpentier, 1852) Alopia glauca...
- world; the family contains three extant species, all within the genus Alopias. All three thresher shark species have been listed as vulnerable by the...
- Alopias grandis is a species of giant thresher shark from the Miocene. Estimates calculated from teeth comparisons suggest the living animal was comparable...
- Subspecies Alopia regalis deubeli (Clessin, 1890) Alopia regalis doftanae H. Nordsieck, 1977 Alopia regalis glabriuscula (Rossmässler, 1858) Alopia regalis...
- Subspecies Alopia bielzii bielzii (L. Pfeiffer, 1849) Alopia bielzii clathrata (E. A. Bielz, 1856) Alopia bielzii madensis (C. Fuss, 1855) Alopia bielzii...
- Subspecies Alopia nefasta ciucasiana Grossu, 1969 Alopia nefasta helenae R. Kimakowicz, 1928 Alopia nefasta mauritii R. Kimakowicz, 1928 Alopia nefasta nefasta...
- Clausiliidae. Subspecies/ Alopia bogatensis angustata (E. A. Bielz, 1859) Alopia bogatensis bogatensis (E. A. Bielz, 1856) Alopia bogatensis laevior H. Nordsieck...
- Alopia mafteiana is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae. Subspecies...
- Subspecies Alopia mariae coronata R. Kimakowicz, 1943 Alopia mariae hildegardae R. Kimakowicz, 1931 Alopia mariae mariae R. Kimakowicz, 1931 Alopia mariae...
- Alopia hirschfelderi is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae. This...