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GILL NET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gill net mean?
• GILL NET (noun)
The noun GILL NET has 1 sense:
1. a flat fishnet suspended vertically in the water to entangle fish by their gills
Familiarity information: GILL NET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A flat fishnet suspended vertically in the water to entangle fish by their gills
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("gill net" is a kind of...):
fishing net; fishnet (a net that will enclose fish when it is pulled in)
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