Keepnet

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A net strung on wire hoops and sealed at one end, suspended in water by anglers to keep alive the fish they have caught.

    "Once she'd hooked them, she'd free them and put them in a keep net."

Example

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"Once she'd hooked them, she'd free them and put them in a keep net."

Etymology

From keep + net.

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