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(fishing) A fishing net suspended from a boom, to be suddenly dropped on a passing shoal of fish..
Use dropnet when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dropnet means (fishing) A fishing net suspended from a boom, to be suddenly dropped on a passing shoal of fish..
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