hand net

Pond dipping tool

A hand net is a small net attached to a handle, used for catching fish, insects, or other small creatures.

Aquarium keepers use hand nets to transfer fish between tanks.

Entomologists sweep hand nets through grass or air to collect specimens.

She scooped the goldfish out with a hand net.

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catching method/tool type

hand netfishing rod

Tackle for catching fish

rod and reel · hook and line · gill net · trawl net · fly rod

scale of operation

hand nettrawl net

Cone-shaped fishing mesh

drift net · gill net · dragnet · drag net

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Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G