filet à papillons

Definitions of filet à papillons
  1. noun
    a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects
    synonyms: filet
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    types:
    filet de pêche
    a net that will enclose fish when it is pulled in
    chalut
    a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths
    type of:
    guet-apens, piège, piège à gibier
    a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
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