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paranzella

paranzella noun: a deep, finely meshed conical net with long narrow wings, held open by cork floats and lead sinkers.

Noun

paranzella (plural paranzellas)

  1. A deep, finely meshed conical net with long narrow wings, held open by cork floats and lead sinkers.
    • All the gill nets, trammel nets, paranzellas, net ropes, trawl lines, etc., are tanned.1892, United States. Bureau of Fisheries, Report, page 132
    • Any net, seine, drag-net, paranzella, or set-net used for taking or catching fish, which shall be used or maintained in any of the waters of this state in violation of any existing or hereafter enacted statutes or laws of this state for the protection of fish, is hereby declared to be a public...1901, Carter Pitkin Pomeroy, The Codes and Statutes of California

Forms of paranzella

pluralparanzellas

Questions about paranzella

What does paranzella mean?
Paranzella means a deep, finely meshed conical net with long narrow wings, held open by cork floats and lead sinkers.
What part of speech is paranzella?
Paranzella is a noun.
What is the plural of paranzella?
The plural of paranzella is paranzellas.

Words near paranzella in the dictionary

  1. paranym
  2. paranymph
  3. paranymphal
  4. paranymphs
  5. paranyms
  6. paranzella
  7. paranzellas
  8. Paraná
  9. Paraná pine
  10. Paraná pines
  11. paranæsthesia

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