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LANDING NET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does landing net mean?
• LANDING NET (noun)
The noun LANDING NET has 1 sense:
1. a bag-shaped fishnet on a long handle to take a captured fish from the water
Familiarity information: LANDING NET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A bag-shaped fishnet on a long handle to take a captured fish from the water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("landing net" is a kind of...):
fishing net; fishnet (a net that will enclose fish when it is pulled in)
Holonyms ("landing net" is a member of...):
fishing gear; fishing rig; fishing tackle; rig; tackle (gear used in fishing)
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