fishing line

(Angling) a line of nylon or silk, attached to a hook, used for catching fish

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Noun

fishing line - a length of cord to which the leader and float and sinker and hook are attached

cord - a line made of twisted fibers or threads; "the bundle was tied with a cord"

fishing gear, fishing rig, fishing tackle, tackle, rig - gear used in fishing

hand line, handline - a fishing line managed principally by hand

night-line - a fishing line with baited hooks left in the water to catch fish over night

setline, trawl, trawl line, trotline, spiller - a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)

Translations

vlasec

Angelschnur

πετονιά

sedal

siima

fishing line

n → lenza

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A length of his own infallible fishing line was twisted and tightened twice round his throat and then twice round the wooden prop behind him.

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A SWAN has been caught tangled in a fishing line and with a hook through its beak in an incident at Swanswell Pool.

Swan rescued after getting tangled up in fishing line; ANIMAL GROUP HELP POOR CREATURE WHO HAD HOOK THROUGH ITS BEAK

This fishing line was wrapped round a swan's leg at Swanswell Pool on Monday

Watch: Moment fishing line untangled from swan's leg; The swan was caught up in trouble in Swanswell Pool on Monday

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The RSPCA has now released a photograph of the goose's injuries in the hope it will remind people of the dangers that litter can pose to wildlife and to remind anglers to dispose of fishing line and hooks properly.

Goose injured by fishing gear put down

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Everything from plastic bags, old fishing line and even toys can be a danger to animals.

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A fishing line with hook was also entangled on its tail.

Risso's dolphin rescued in Bataan

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Wildlife rehabilitators have told PETA that discarded fishing line and other tackle is the greatest threat to aquatic animals today.

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Eugene police used some MacGyver-esque ingenuity, fishing expertise and old-fashioned determination to rescue a young female duck that was entangled in fishing line in the canoe canal at Alton Baker Park.

Eugene police forced to wing it on duck rescue