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clapnet

clapnet is the alternative form 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

Forms of clapnet

pluralclapnets

Questions about clapnet

What is clapnet the alternative form of?
Clapnet is the alternative form of clap net.

Words near clapnet in the dictionary

  1. Clapman
  2. clapmatch
  3. clapmatches
  4. clapnest
  5. clapnests
  6. clapnet
  7. clapnets
  8. clapometer
  9. clapometers
  10. clapotage
  11. Clapp

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