| 单词 | thrasher fish |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthrasher fish thrasher fish n. now rare and historical a thresher shark; cf. sense 2a. ΘΚΠ 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 1658 J. Bramhall Catching Leviathan Pref. in Castigations Mr. Hobbes 460 The great Leviathan hath his adversaries; the sword-fish which pierceth his belly beneath, and the thrasher-fish, which beateth his head above: and whensoever these two unite their forces together against him, they destroy him. 1863 Times 24 Nov. 8/3 The old Empire is like a great whale in the Southern latitudes, struggling, and splashing, and diving, and heaving under the simultaneous attacks of three or four thrasher-fish. 1916 Honolulu Star-Bull. 14 Sept. 6/2 Suddenly there approached the enemy of all whales, the swordfish, accompanied by two thrasher fish. 1995 Polit. Theory 23 362 Bramhall paints frightful images of..the sword-fish and the thrasher-fish that join forces with the Greenland fishermen to overwhelm Leviathan. < as lemmas |
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