Thresher

(noun.) large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed.

(noun.) a farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw.

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• In 1828, Lane, of Maine, combined the reaper and thresher. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Following the binder in easy sequences came the corn binder, push binder, header and harvester thresher. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Reaper and Thresher combined by Lane, of Maine, 1828. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The sewing machine, reaper, and thresher have passed away, and so also have all india-rubber goods. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Flax-threshers for beating the grain from the bolls of the cured flax plant, removing the bolls, releasing and cleaning the seed, are also a modern invention. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Combined harvesters and threshers have been known since 1836, but they have been much improved and are now built on a much larger scale. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.

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