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Malaise trap

Malaise trap noun: a large tent-like structure used for trapping flying insects.

Noun

Malaise trap (plural Malaise traps)

  1. A large tent-like structure used for trapping flying insects.
    • I sincerely hope we’re the only research group to lose Malaise traps to fire, hail, and flood in the same season.2020, Keith M Bayless, David K Yeates, “Australia Malaise trapping disaster update”, in Fly Times, volume 64

Forms of Malaise trap

pluralMalaise traps

Origin of Malaise trap

Invented by René Malaise in 1934.

Questions about Malaise trap

What does Malaise trap mean?
Malaise trap means a large tent-like structure used for trapping flying insects.
What part of speech is Malaise trap?
Malaise trap is a noun.
What is the plural of Malaise trap?
The plural of Malaise trap is Malaise traps.

Words near Malaise trap in the dictionary

  1. Malaia
  2. Malaigang
  3. Malaihao
  4. Malainin
  5. malaise
  6. Malaise trap
  7. Malaise trapping
  8. Malaise traps
  9. malaised
  10. malaises
  11. Malaita

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