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  1. driftnet: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
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  3. driftnet: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. driftnet: Wiktionary
  5. Driftnet: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. driftnet: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Definitions from Wiktionary (driftnet)

▸ verb:  To fish using a drift net
▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of drift net [(fishing) A very long fishing net, supported by floats, that drifts with the current behind a fishing boat.]

Similar:
dragnet, set net, overnet, setnet, drag, dipnet, set-net, gillnet, trawl, whiff, more...

Opposite:
targeted fishing, selective fishing, sustainable fishing

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Similar:
dragnet, set net, overnet, setnet, drag, dipnet, set-net, gillnet, trawl, whiff, more...

Opposite:
targeted fishing, selective fishing, sustainable fishing



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