ekman dredge

ekman dredge
\\¦ekmən-\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized E
Etymology: probably after V.W. Ekman died 1954 Swedish oceanographer
: a dredge that has opposable jaws operated by a messenger traveling down a cable to release a spring catch and that is used in ecology for sampling the bottom of a body of water

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