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Purse Seine

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Noun

1. purse seine

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Purse Seine

see synonyms of purse seine
noun
a large net towed, usually by two boats, that encloses a school of fish and is then closed at the bottom by means of a line resembling the string formerly used to draw shut the neck of a money pouch or purse

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Purse Seine

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a very large net, as for catching tuna, that can be closed like a drawstring purse once it has been set

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Purse Seine

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n.
A fishing seine that is drawn into the shape of a bag to enclose the catch.

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