hand net

English

Vladimir Nabakov's hand net

Noun

hand net (plural hand nets)

1. A small net that is equipped with a handle and attached to a rim so that the net forms a pouch. This kind of net is used, eg, for trapping butterflies or individual fish.

   Synonyms: dip net, scoop net

Translations

small net

• Asturian: truel m
• Finnish: haavi (fi)
• Galician: trueiro m, truel m, ganapán m, salabardo m
• German: Kescher (de) m

1. Greek: απόχη (el) f (apóchi)

• Maori: toemi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: håv m

  Nynorsk: håv m

• Portuguese: enxalavar (pt) m
• Russian: сачо́к (ru) m (sačók)
• Spanish: salabre (es) m
• Swedish: håv (sv) c
• Thai: สวิง (th) (sà-wǐng), ตาข่าย (th) (dtaa-kàai)
• Ukrainian: сачо́к m (sačók)

References

• fishing net on Wikipedia.Wikipedia