flynet
noun 2
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1
A net to catch flies or used as a protection against flies, as in an open window to prevent their entrance.
The Pope declares me guilty of treason; he is using a flynet to catch an eagle.
2
A fringe or net used to protect a horse from flies.
A small polished wooden rocking-horse, of about 1830, in the American Museum at Bath, wears a fly-net over its back. Other small horses may have this idea carried out in brush strokes.
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The Pope declares me guilty of treason; he is using a flynet to catch an eagle.
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A small polished wooden rocking-horse, of about 1830, in the American Museum at Bath, wears a fly-net over its back. Other small horses may have this idea carried out in brush strokes.
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