trawler
(trɔːləʳ )
Word forms: trawlers
countable noun
A trawler is a fishing boat that is used for trawling.
Industry measures to protect stocks have included closing spawning areas to trawlers trialling new nets.
Image of trawler
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Collocations:
trawler net
Almost all have died after becoming caught up in trawler nets designed to catch hake and sea bass in the bay.
Times, Sunday Times
Fish are also getting smaller because that's the way to slip through trawler nets.
Times, Sunday Times
Several thousand individuals have been caught in industrial trawler nets throughout their range.
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Translations:
Chinese: 拖网渔船
Japanese: トロール船
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