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Definition of Alopias vulpes

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.

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- Samuel Rafinesque described Alopias macrourus from a thresher shark caught off Sicily. Later authors recognized the genus Alopias as valid, while synonymizing...
- Odontaspis noronhai Y Y Bigeye scad Selar crumenophthalmus Y Y Bigeye thresher Alopias superciliosus Y Y Bigeye tuna Thunnus obesus Y Y Bighead carp Hypophthalmichthys...
- of at least 7 m (23 ft) long generally accepted. The common thresher (Alopias vulpinus), can grow to 7.6 m (25 ft) and weigh over 510 kg (1,120 lb),...
- Appendix I) Vijayachelys silvatica Vipera wagneri Voanioala gerardii Vulpes cana Vulpes zerda Welwitschia mirabilis Yucca queretaroensis Zaglossus spp. Zamiaceae...
- Visser, Ingrid N. (2005). "First Observations of Feeding on Thresher (Alopias vulpinus) and Hammerhead (Sphyrna zygaena) Sharks by Killer Whales (Orcinus...
- †Allaeochelys Alnus †Alopecias †Alopecias grandis – type locality for species Alopias Aluterus †Ambystoma Amia Amiantis – tentative report Ammonia †Ammonia limbatobeccarii...
- leardi – type locality for species Alopias †Alopias exigua – or unidentified comparable form †Alopias latidens †Alopias vulpinus – or unidentified comparable...
- †Allodesmus kernensis Alnus †Alopecocyon – type locality for genus Alopias †Alopias vulpinus – or unidentified comparable form Alvania Amara †Amara insignis...
- Alces – or unidentified comparable form †Alces alces †Allaeochelys Alnus Alopias Aluterus †Ambystoma Amia Ammonia †Ammonia tepida †Amonia †Ampelopsis Amyda...
- Sharpnose sevengill shark Alopias pelagicus (native), Pelagic thresher Alopias superciliosus (native), Bigeye thresher Alopias vulpinus (native), Thintail...