| NOUN | artifact | fishnet, fishing net | a net that will enclose fish when it is pulled in |
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| Meaning | A net that will enclose fish when it is pulled in. | |
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| Synonym | fishing net | |
| Narrower | drift net | A large fishnet supported by floats |
| 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 net, trammel | A fishing net with three layers | |
| trawl, dragnet, trawl net | A conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths | |
| Broader | net | A trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects |
| Spanish | red de pesca | |
| Catalan | xarxa de pescar, xarxa | |
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