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    FISHING NET

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A net that will enclose fish when it is pulled inplay

    Synonyms:

    fishing net; fishnet

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("fishing net" is a kind of...):

    net (a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fishing net"):

    drift net (a large fishnet supported by floats; it drifts with the current)

    gill net (a flat fishnet suspended vertically in the water to entangle fish by their gills)

    landing net (a bag-shaped fishnet on a long handle to take a captured fish from the water)

    seine (a large fishnet that hangs vertically, with floats at the top and weights at the bottom)

    trammel; trammel net (a fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine mesh)

    dragnet; trawl; trawl net (a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths)

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