purse seine

  • 71bunt — 1) the bag part in a seine or the strengthened, central part of a purse seine, where fish are concentrated when hauling in the net. Also called bag 2) the section of the lower wing of a trawl, overhung by the square …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 72fishing gear — the equipment used for fishing, e.g. gillnet, handline, hook and line, harpoon, seine, longline, midwater trawl, purse seine, rod and reel, traps, trawl, spears, etc. but not vessels …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 73bait — Synonyms and related words: aggravate, allure, allurement, annoy, badger, bait the hook, baited trap, be at, bedevil, beset, birdlime, bite, blandish, bola, bother, bribe, bristle, brown off, bug, bullyrag, burn up, cajole, carrot, charm, chivy,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 74cobweb — Synonyms and related words: air, animal fiber, artificial fiber, bait, birdlime, bola, bubble, cambric tea, capillament, chaff, chip, cilium, cirrus, cork, denier, dishwater, down, dragnet, dust, entanglement, ether, fairy, feather, fiber,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 75dragnet — Synonyms and related words: abduction, apprehension, arrest, arrestation, bait, birdlime, bola, capture, catch, catching, cobweb, collaring, coup, domiciliary visit, exploration, fishhook, fly, forage, forcible seizure, frisk, gill net, grab,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 76fishhook — Synonyms and related words: bait, birdlime, bola, cobweb, dragnet, fly, gill net, ground bait, hook, jig, lariat, lasso, lime, lure, meshes, net, noose, plug, pound net, purse seine, seine, snare, sniggle, spinner, springe, squid, toils, trawl,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 77fly — Synonyms and related words: abscond, absquatulate, advance, aeroplane, airlift, airplane, applique, arachnid, arise, arthropod, ascend, aspire, bait, ball the jack, balloon, barnstorm, barrel, be airborne, be annihilated, be consumed, be… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 78hook — Synonyms and related words: L, Long Melford, abstract, acquitted, all the way, allure, anchor, anchorage, and, and sinker, angle, angle off, annex, apex, appropriate, arc, arch, argue into, articulate, backhand, backhander, backstroke, bag, bait …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 79jig — Synonyms and related words: Charleston, Highland fling, Lambeth Walk, Mexican hat dance, Portland fancy, Virginia reel, Watusi, allemande, and jump, angle, bait, bait the hook, barn dance, belly dance, birdlime, bob, bobble, bola, bolero,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 80lariat — Synonyms and related words: bait, birdlime, bola, cobweb, dragnet, fishhook, fly, gill net, ground bait, hook, jig, lasso, lime, lure, meshes, net, noose, plug, pound net, purse seine, seine, snare, sniggle, spinner, springe, squid, toils, trawl …

    Moby Thesaurus