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FISHNET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fishnet mean?
• FISHNET (noun)
The noun FISHNET has 1 sense:
1. a net that will enclose fish when it is pulled in
Familiarity information: FISHNET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A net that will enclose fish when it is pulled in
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
fishing net; fishnet
Hypernyms ("fishnet" 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 "fishnet"):
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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