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purse seine

purse seine noun: a fishing seine consisting of a purse cable which acts as a draw string for the bottom of the net allowing entire schools of fish to be enclosed and brought up.

purse seine: a fishing seine consisting of a purse cable which acts as a draw string for the bottom of the net...
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Noun

purse seine (plural purse seines)

  1. A fishing seine consisting of a purse cable which acts as a draw string for the bottom of the net allowing entire schools of fish to be enclosed and brought up.

purse seine meaning in Tamil

purse seine in Tamil

சுருக்கு வலை

Forms of purse seine

pluralpurse seines

Questions about purse seine

What does purse seine mean?
Purse seine means a fishing seine consisting of a purse cable which acts as a draw string for the bottom of the net allowing entire schools of fish to be enclosed and brought up.
What is purse seine in Tamil?
Purse seine in Tamil is சுருக்கு வலை. See Purse seine meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is purse seine?
Purse seine is a noun.
What is the plural of purse seine?
The plural of purse seine is purse seines.

Words near purse seine in the dictionary

  1. purse crabs
  2. purse net
  3. purse nets
  4. purse puppies
  5. purse puppy
  6. purse seine
  7. purse seines
  8. purse snatcher
  9. purse snatchers
  10. purse snatching
  11. purse string

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Adapted from Wiktionary: purse seine (page history and authors); purse seine (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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