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clap nets

clap nets is the plural of clap net.

Meaning of clap net

Noun

clap net (plural clap nets)

  1. A net for catching birds or insects, which can be drawn closed by pulling a string.
    • The clap net is the grand weapon of the entomologist : it is a large piece of muslin, four feet long, and nearly three wide.1835, Edward Newman, The Grammar of Entomology, page 265

Questions about clap nets

What is clap nets the plural of?
Clap nets is the plural of clap net.

Words near clap nets in the dictionary

  1. clap cold
  2. clap eyes on
  3. clap in
  4. clap in, clap out
  5. clap net
  6. clap nets
  7. clap on
  8. clap one's hands red
  9. clap out
  10. clap skate
  11. clap skates

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