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Fishing
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Mariculture
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Aquiculture
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| TERM | * Net status: recommended
* fishing net (noun)
status: accepted
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| PART OF SPEECH | noun |
| PLURAL | Nets ;
Fishing nets ;
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| ETYMOLOGY | Old English net, nett, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch net and German Netz; Word from the native lexical stock; from Germanic natjan, ‘net’ |
| ETYMOLOGY SOURCE |
Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (8th ed.) (2010).
Antidote bilingual 10 v2.1 (2019).
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| DEFINITION |
a type of fishing implement or material that is made of string, thread or wire twisted or tied together (netting) or interwoven rope, wire, etc. forming meshes of suitable size especially used to catch fish or other aquatic animals.
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| DEFINITION SOURCE |
Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (8th ed.) (2010).
Antidote bilingual 10 v2.1 (2019).
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| USAGE EXAMPLE | Law No. 94/01 of 20 January 1994 to lay down forestry, wildlife and fisheries regulations, Chapter I, article 112 :
" Mesh size shall be defined in relationship to the bag of a net to mean the dimension of one of the open spaces between the cords of a net taken or measured at the 50th space or wet and out-stretched net, or any dimension of a consecutive 50th space of the net measured when the net is under normal pressure, wet and stretched out. " |
