Cryptic crossword clue
Big fish flails over wake of high ships 8-6

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word THRESHER

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What does THRESHER mean?

THRESHER noun
  1. Anything or anyone that threshes.
  2. A now-obsolete hand tool for threshing, also called a flail.
  3. A modern farm machine for threshing grain, now a part of combine harvesters rather than a separate implement.
  4. Any of several large pelagic sharks of the genus Alopias, which have a very long tail; more commonly called thresher sharks.

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