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PURSE SEINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does purse seine mean?
• PURSE SEINE (noun)
The noun PURSE SEINE has 1 sense:
1. a seine designed to be set by two boats around a school of fish and then closed at the bottom by means of a line
Familiarity information: PURSE SEINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A seine designed to be set by two boats around a school of fish and then closed at the bottom by means of a line
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("purse seine" is a kind of...):
seine (a large fishnet that hangs vertically, with floats at the top and weights at the bottom)
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