sea-foxn.
The Thrasher-shark, Alopias vulpes, also called sea-ape n., etc. Also †sea fox hound.
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the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > member of family Alopiidae (sea-ape)
sea-fox1605
thresher1605
sea-ape1607
sea ape1607
sea dog-fish1611
thrasher1638
thrasher fish1658
long-tailed shark1776
thresher fish1817
fox-shark1828
swingle-tail1839
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. v. 154 The..suttle Sea-Foxe.
1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 128 Vulpecula Marina..the Sea Fox Hound.
1686 F. Willughby & J. Ray De Hist. Piscium 54 Vulpes marina Rondelet... The Sea Fox or Ape.
1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes II. 379 The Fox Shark. Sea-fox. Thresher.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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