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cast-netter

cast-netter noun: one who cast-nets.

Noun

cast-netter (plural cast-netters)

  1. One who cast-nets.
    • On fall mornings before sunrise, cast netters on Mobile Bay's eastern shore piers often are rewarded with good catches of white shrimp.1982, Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife Service (contributor), Alabama Coastal Region Ecological Characterization: A Socioeconomic Study, page 103
    • To use odunka, the 6-m radius (yes, radius) cast net for Ethmalosa, requires a narrow, more manœuverable canoe than ali, carrying one cast-netter standing in the bow and a crew of 4–5 paddlers astern.2006, Alan Longhurst, Mismanagement of Marine Fisheries, page 125

Forms of cast-netter

pluralcast-netters
alternative formcast netter

Questions about cast-netter

What does cast-netter mean?
Cast-netter means one who cast-nets.
What part of speech is cast-netter?
Cast-netter is a noun.
What is the plural of cast-netter?
The plural of cast-netter is cast-netters.

Words near cast-netter in the dictionary

  1. cast-irons
  2. cast-me-down
  3. cast-net
  4. cast-nets
  5. cast-netted
  6. cast-netter
  7. cast-netters
  8. cast-netting
  9. cast-off
  10. cast-offs
  11. cast-on

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