excluder
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- noun
- /ɪkˈskluːdər/
- Turtle excluder devices (TEDs) and bycatch reduction devices (BRDs) are the principal solutions to bycatch in Australian prawn-trawl fisheries.
- excluder device
- Turtle Excluder
Examples
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Different types of fish excluder devices are used by some fishermen to reduce bycatch.
Academic text (1995) -
After installing the excluder, no wild animals were able to enter the fenced area.
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One of the early trawl excluder ideas
Academic text (1994) -
One of the trawls was equipped with an experimental finfish excluder and a turtle excluder device (TED).
Academic text (1994) -
Some initial tests with the Florida fish excluder appeared effective in further reducing bycatch (Hines et al., 1993).
Academic text (1995) -
Recent federal legislation requires the use of a Turtle Excluder Device (TED) which, when placed in the shrimp trawl, prevents turtle mortality.
Academic text (1991) -
Reducing fishery bycatch had been addressed primarily through the use of technological gear solutions, such as turtle excluder devices (TEDs) and bycatch reduction devices (BRDs).
Academic text (1999) -
The new design of the fish trap includes an excluder that prevents larger fish from getting caught.
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The excluder kept all the unwanted pests out of the garden, ensuring that only healthy plants could grow.
Synonyms
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A person or thing that stops something from happening
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A person or machine that removes things judged unwanted
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A person who stops or delays other people's actions on purpose
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A person who supports rules that keep certain people from joining a group
A person who opposes a plan to stop it happening
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word excluder comes from the part ex- meaning 'out' and the same root as close, which means 'to shut'. So an excluder is something or someone that 'shuts out' people or things, keeping them out.