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hare-net

hare-net is the alternative form of hare net.

Meaning of hare net

Noun

hare net (plural hare nets)

  1. A specialized mesh trap used historically and currently for catching rabbits and hares.
    • A hare-net on gate1898, Kearton, Richard, 1862-1928, With nature and a camera; being the adventures and observations of a field naturalist and an animal photographer, page 174
  2. (humorous) Eggcorn of hairnet.

Forms of hare-net

pluralhare-nets

Questions about hare-net

What is hare-net the alternative form of?
Hare-net is the alternative form of hare net.

Words near hare-net in the dictionary

  1. hare-brained
  2. hare-hearted
  3. hare-lipped
  4. hare-lipped monkey
  5. hare-lipped monkeys
  6. hare-net
  7. hare-skin
  8. hare-skins
  9. hare-wallabies
  10. hare-wallaby
  11. Hareb

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