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Definition of Gill net
1. Noun. A flat fishnet suspended vertically in the water to entangle fish by their gills.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gill Net
Literary usage of Gill net
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ecology and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet by C. John Ralph (1997)
"Gill-net mortality of murrelets throughout their range has been occurring for
... Gill-net mortality has been best studied in Prince William Sound, Alaska, ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"A gill-net is set in the form of a curtain, suspended vertically from ... The use
of a gill- uet ; fishing or taking fish with a gill-net. ivy, gill- -plate ..."
3. The Penal Code of the State of California: Adopted February 14, 1872, with by California, James Henry Deering, Charles Howard Fairall (1915)
"Tune and the fifth day of September of each year, with spear, hook and line or
gill-net, the meshes of which gill-net are, when drawn closely together and ..."
4. Fishes of Australia: A Popular and Systematic Guide to the Study of the by David George Stead (1906)
"Hauling-Net, Garfish-Net, Meshing-Net, Gill-Net, Trammel-Net, Drum-Net, Trawl-Nets.
FISH ECONOMICS.—Fish Oil, Fish Fertilizer, Skins of Fishes, ..."
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