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Word: Drift_net
Speech Type: Noun
Audio Pronunciation:
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a large net for herring and similar fish, kept upright by weights at the bottom and floats at the top and allowed to drift with the tide.
Short Definition:large net for herring and similar fish