English Explanatory Dictionary

Heligoland trap

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A large, building-sized, funnel-shaped, rigid structure of wire mesh or netting used to catch birds for ornithological study.

Word forms

Heligoland trap Heligoland traps

Etymology

The first such trap was located at a bird observatory on the island of Heligoland, Germany.

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