shoal (noun)
91placer — ► NOUN ▪ a deposit of sand or gravel in the bed of a river or lake, containing particles of valuable minerals. ORIGIN Latin American Spanish, deposit, shoal …
92hand lead — ˌled noun : a small lead for sounding in shallow water * * * hand lead «lehd», a small lead used for sounding in rivers, harbors, or shoal waters …
93maasbanker — ˈmäsˌbaŋkə(r) noun Etymology: Afrikaans, from maas net, mesh + bank bank, shoal, shelf + er : a horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus) that is an important commercial food fish in southern Africa …
94shoaliness — ˈshōlēnə̇s noun ( es) 1. : the state of being shoal 2. : the condition of being filled with shoals …
95vigia — və̇ˈjēə, vēˈhēə noun ( s) Etymology: Spanish vigia watch, vigil, rock, reef, from Portuguese vigia, from vigiar to watch, keep vigil, from Latin vigilare more at vigilant : a mark made on a nautical chart indicating a dangerous rock or shoal and… …
96drop-net — dropˈ net noun A net suspended from a boom, to be suddenly dropped on a passing shoal of fish • • • Main Entry: ↑drop …
97echo-sounding — echˈo sounding noun A method of measuring the depth of water, locating shoals of fish, etc, by noting the time taken for an echo to return from the bottom, the shoal, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑echo …
98bat|ture — «ba TYOOR», noun. U.S. an alluvial elevation of the bed of a river, especially one of those parts of the Mississippi river bed that are dry or submerged according to the season: »The trees that grow out on the batture…are half covered with water… …
99mud|bank — «MUHD BANGK», noun. a bank or shoal of mud beside or rising from the bed of a river, lake, or sea …
100sand|bank — «SAND BANGK», noun. a ridge of sand forming a shoal or hillside: »But many ships have foundered and lives have been lost on what must be one of the best known sandbanks in the world (New Scientist) …
