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thrasher
[ thrash-er ]
/ ˈθræʃ ər /
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noun
a person or thing that thrashes.
any of several long-tailed, thrushlike birds, especially of the genus Toxostoma, related to the mockingbirds.Compare brown thrasher.
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/ (ˈθræʃə) /
noun
any of various brown thrushlike American songbirds of the genus Toxostoma and related genera, having a long downward-curving bill and long tail: family Mimidae (mockingbirds)
Word Origin for thrasher
C19: perhaps from English dialect thresher, thrusher a thrush
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