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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.
Hemeralopia
Hemeralopia Hem`e*ra*lo"pi*a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, the opposite of ?; ? day + ? of ?. See Nyctalopia.] (Med.) A disease of the eyes, in consequence of which a person can see clearly or without pain only by daylight or a strong artificial light; day sight. Note: Some writers (as Quain) use the word in the opposite sense, i. e., day blindness. See Nyctalopia.
Nyctalopia
Nyctalopia Nyc`ta*lo"pi*a, n. [L. nyctalopia, fr. nyctalops a nyctalops, Gr. ?. Gr. ? meant, a person affected either with day blindness or with night blindness, and in the former case was derived fr. ?, ?, night + ?, ?, the eye; in the latter, fr. ? + ? blind + ?.] (Med.) (a) A disease of the eye, in consequence of which the patient can see well in a faint light or at twilight, but is unable to see during the day or in a strong light; day blindness. (b) See Moonblink. Note: Some writers (as Quain) use the word in the opposite sense, night blindness. See Hemeralopia.

Meaning of Alopia from wikipedia

- world; the family contains three extant species, all within the genus Alopias. All three thresher shark species have been listed as vulnerable by the...
- Subspecies Alopia grossuana grossuana H. Nordsieck, 1977 Alopia grossuana nemethi Deli & Szekeres, 2011 This species occurs in Romania. Alopia grossuana...
- Alopia meschendorferi is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae....
- Subspecies Alopia nefasta ciucasiana Grossu, 1969 Alopia nefasta helenae R. Kimakowicz, 1928 Alopia nefasta mauritii R. Kimakowicz, 1928 Alopia nefasta nefasta...
- Subspecies Alopia canescens ambigua M. Kimakowicz, 1883 Alopia canescens caesarea (M. Kimakowicz, 1894) Alopia canescens canescens (Charpentier, 1852) Alopia canescens...
- Species: Alopia alpina R.Kimakowicz, 1933 Alopia bielzii (L.Pfeiffer, 1849) Alopia bogatensis (E.A.Bielz, 1856) Alopia canescens (Charpentier, 1852) Alopia glauca...
- Alopia plumbea is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae. Subspecies...
- Alopia monacha is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae. (Description...
- Subspecies Alopia nixa fussi (M. Kimakowicz, 1894) Alopia nixa nixa (M. Kimakowicz, 1894) (Description originally in German of Clausilia (Alopia) nixa) The...
- Subspecies Alopia vicina fortunata R. Kimakowicz, 1931 Alopia vicina occulta R. Kimakowicz, 1931 Alopia vicina tamasorum Szekeres, 2007 Alopia vicina vicina...