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otter board

otter board noun: any of the large rectangular boards used on an otter trawler to keep the mouth of the net open by hydrodynamic forces, and to dig into the seabed to startle fish.

otter board: any of the large rectangular boards used on an otter trawler to keep the mouth of the net open by...
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Noun

otter board (plural otter boards)

  1. Any of the large rectangular boards used on an otter trawler to keep the mouth of the net open by hydrodynamic forces, and to dig into the seabed to startle fish.

Forms of otter board

pluralotter boards

Questions about otter board

What does otter board mean?
Otter board means any of the large rectangular boards used on an otter trawler to keep the mouth of the net open by hydrodynamic forces, and to dig into the seabed to startle fish.
What part of speech is otter board?
Otter board is a noun.
What is the plural of otter board?
The plural of otter board is otter boards.

Words near otter board in the dictionary

  1. OTTBs
  2. ottemannite
  3. Ottens
  4. Ottenses
  5. otter
  6. otter board
  7. otter civet
  8. otter civets
  9. Otter Creek
  10. otter shell
  11. otter shells

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