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mistnet

mistnet is the alternative form of mist net.

Meaning of mist net

Noun

mist net (plural mist nets)

  1. A net, made from fine strands that are nearly invisible, used to catch birds so that they may be ringed or studied.
    • Jens-Kjeld sets up a mist net between two lightweight poles at the edge of the boulder field, nearest to the cliffe.2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 128

Forms of mistnet

pluralmistnets

Questions about mistnet

What is mistnet the alternative form of?
Mistnet is the alternative form of mist net.

Words near mistnet in the dictionary

  1. mistletoes
  2. mistletos
  3. Mistley
  4. mistlike
  5. mistling
  6. mistnet
  7. mistnets
  8. mistokenize
  9. mistokenized
  10. mistokenizes
  11. mistokenizing

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