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▸ noun: (nautical) Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat. Packet boat, ship, vessel (Wikipedia).
▸ noun: (botany) A specimen envelope containing small, dried plants or containing parts of plants when attached to a larger sheet.
▸ noun: (networking) A small fragment of data as transmitted on some types of network, notably Ethernet networks (Wikipedia).
▸ noun: (networking) A protocol data unit of the Internet Protocol.
▸ noun: (networking) A message sent over a transport layer protocol.
▸ noun: (South Africa) A plastic bag.
▸ noun: (slang) Synonym of package (“male genitalia”).
▸ noun: (informal) A large amount of money.
▸ verb: (transitive) To make up into a packet or bundle.
▸ verb: (transitive) To send in a packet or dispatch vessel.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.
▸ verb: (transitive, Internet) To subject to a denial-of-service attack in which a large number of data packets are sent.
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parcel,
package,
bundle,
packet boat,
mailboat,
mail boat,
Pacquet,
penny packet,
pack,
fun pack,
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