kangaroo-net

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• Kangaroo

  ·noun Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family Macropodidae. They inhabit Aus...

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• kangaroo

  n. 1) an aboriginal word.See marsupial. (a) The Origin of the Name. The name was first obtained in...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Net

  ·adj Without spot; pure; shining. II. Net ·vt To inclose or cover with a net; as, to net a tree. I...

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• Net

  In use among the Hebrews for fishing, hunting, and fowling. The fishing-net was probably constructed...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• net

  In commerce, is the weight of a commodity alone, without the package. ...

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• Net

  [See FISHING] ...

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• banded-kangaroo

  i.q. Banded-Wallaby. See lagostrophus and wallaby. ...

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• brush-kangaroo

  n. another name for the wallaby (q.v.). 1802. G. Barrington, `History of New South Wales,' c. viii...

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• dorca-kangaroo

  n. See dorcopsis and kangaroo. ...

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• hare-kangaroo

  n. a small Kangaroo, resemblingthe British hare. Called also Hare-Wallaby. Thescientific name is La...

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• kangaroo-apple

  n. an Australian and Tasmanianfruit, Solanum aviculare, Forst., N.O.Solanaceae. The name is also ap...

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• kangaroo-dog

  n. a large dog, lurcher,deerhound, or greyhound, used for hunting the Kangaroo. 1806. `History of ...

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• kangaroo-fly

  n. a small Australian fly, Cabarus. See quotations. 1833. C. Sturt, `Southern Australia,' vol. I. ...

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• kangaroo-grass

  n. a name given to severalspecies of grasses of the genera Anthistiria and Andropogon, chiefly from...

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• kangaroo-hop

  n. a peculiar affected gait. See quotation. 1875. `Spectator' (Melbourne), May 22, p. 27, col. 2: ...

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• kangaroo-hound

  n. i.q. kangaroo-dog (q.v.). 1865. Lady Barker, `Station Life in New Zealand,' p. 28: «A large do...

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• kangaroo-mouse

  n. more strictly called the Pouched-Mouse (q.v.). 1888. D. Macdonald, `Gum Boughs,' p. 256: «It i...

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• rat-kangaroo

  See kangaroo-rat ...

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• kangaroo-rat

  or Rat-Kangaroo n. the name applied to species of Marsupials belonging to thefollowing genera, viz...

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• kangaroo-skin

  n. either the leather for thetanned hide, or the complete fur for rugs and wraps. 1806. `History o...

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• kangaroo-thorn

  n. an indigenous hedge-plant, Acacia armata, R. Br., N.O. Leguminosae; calledalso Kangaroo Acacia. ...

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• musk-kangaroo

  n. See hypsiprymnodonand kangaroo. ...

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• tree-kangaroo

  called Boongary (q.v.)by the aboriginals. See Dendrolagus and Kangaroo. ...

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• Bag net

  ·- A bag-shaped net for catching fish. ...

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• Bow net

  ·- A net for catching birds. II. Bow net ·- A trap for lobsters, being a wickerwork cylinder with a...

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• Bramble net

  ·- A net to catch birds. ...

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• Day-net

  ·noun A net for catching small birds. ...

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• Net-veined

  ·adj Having veins, or nerves, reticulated or netted; as, a net-veined wing or leaf. ...

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• Tuck-net

  ·noun ·see <<Tuck>>, ·noun, 2. ...

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• mosquito net

  A net or curtain, which, in the Southern States and in the West Indies, is placed over the bed to pr...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• cleaching net

  A hand-net with a hoop and bar, used by fishermen on the banks of the Severn. ...

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• dipping-net

  A small net used for taking shad and other fish out of the water. ...

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• drag-net

  A trawl or net to draw on the bottom for flat-fish. ...

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• draw-net

  Erroneously used for drag-net. ...

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• drift-net

  A large net, with meshes of one inch, used in the pilchard fishery in August; also, for herrings and...

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• gaff-net

  A peculiar net for fishing. ...

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• halve-net

  A standing net used in the north to prevent fishes from returning with the falling tide. ...

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• harry-net

  A net with such small meshes, and so formed, as to take even the young and small fish. ...

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• kettle-net

  A net used in taking mackerel. ...

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• mosquito net

  A light curtain spread over a cot or bed in warm climates, to protect the sleeper from mosquitoes. ...

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• purse-net

  A peculiar landing-net in fishing. It is used in the seine and trawl to bewilder the fish, and preve...

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• raise-net

  A kind of staked net on our northern shores, so called from rising and falling with the tide. ...

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• shackle-net

  The northern term for flue-net. ...

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• sheen-net

  A large drag-net. ...

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• shot-net

  A mackerel-net. ...

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• spake-net

  A peculiar net for catching crabs. ...

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• kangaroo-tail soup

  n. soup made from thekangaroo-tail. 1820. W. C. Wentworth, `Description of New South Wales,'p. 58:...

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• Knight baro-net

  ·- ·see <<Baronet>>. ...

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• ban-net tree

  a walnut-tree. Glo. ...

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• net and coble

  The means by which sasses or flood-gates are allowed in fishings on navigable rivers. ...

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