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fish⋅net

[fish-net]
–noun
1. a net for catching fish.
2. a fabric having an open mesh resembling a fishnet.
–adjective
3. being of an open-mesh weave: fishnet stockings.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE fiscnett. See fish, net 1
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fish·net   (fĭsh'nět')   
n.  
  1. Netting used to catch fish.

  2. A mesh fabric resembling such netting.

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