seiner

noun

Definition of seinernext
as in whaler

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Recent Examples of seiner Take a scenic cruise along Harbor Drive, where tuna seiners once tied up. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2023 Above the seiner, a seaplane soars towards the coastal mountains rising up and fading into the distant mist. — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2023 The ships use purse seiner nets and demersal trawlers, destroying the coral underneath and, consequently, the habitat for fish. — Nicole Tung, NPR, 18 Apr. 2026 The Western Flyer, a 77-foot purse seiner built of old-growth Douglas fir in 1937, has outlasted nearly all its contemporaries, despite its sinkings. — Smithsonian, 22 Aug. 2019 Ellenbogen and a team of scientists observed the tuna being caught by large purse seiner fishing boats from Turkey, France, Spain, and Italy among other countries, with some illegally using spotter planes to locate the fish. — Rebecca Horne, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2010
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seiner
  1. whaler
  2. whaleboat
  3. banker
  4. ferry
  5. shrimper
  6. trawler
  7. ferryboat
  8. scalloper
Noun
  • As the early morning breeze tickles the top of the Santa Monica Bay, three scientists pack into a small whaler boat and push out to sea in pursuit of great white sharks.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
  • Species include blue sharks, bull sharks, Caribbean reef sharks, bronze whaler sharsk, dusky sharks, hammerheads, tigers and spinner sharks.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of whaler
Noun
  • One day later, another incident occurred in the evening involving a whaleboat that caught fire and capsized near the province’s Lukolela territory, AP, Al Jazeera and Sky News said, citing Congo’s humanitarian affairs ministry.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
Definition of whaleboat
Noun
  • While a number of groups, including Tsai, have invested multiple times in PLL, Rabil said that with each funding round the group typically sought a leading role from a new banker.
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 30 June 2026
  • Aymen Sifour, a banker who lives in Montreal, flew into town with his sister and parents.
    — Chris Dong, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2026
Definition of banker
Noun
  • After strikes on ships and the halt of ferry operations, Russia now depends solely on narrow land and bridge corridors.
    — Marc Santora, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • While taking the ferry to Liberty Island, Muir spoke to Captain Hamilton Clancy, who grew up in the shadow of the statue as his grandfather used to be the superintendent of Liberty Island.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
Definition of ferry
Noun
  • For a shrimper already operating on slim margins, that's not just an inconvenience.
    — Drew Hawkins, NPR, 26 May 2026
  • Gulf Coast shrimpers have been pummeled in recent years by natural and man-made disasters, as well as rising fuel costs.
    — Emily Cochrane, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Definition of shrimper
Noun
  • This group staged a coup d’état, taking Michael Bates captive for a number of days before putting him aboard a fishing trawler bound for the Netherlands.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 June 2026
  • Five injured sailors were rescued by another trawler, the Burak Kaya, but one died on the way back to Turkey.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 June 2026
Definition of trawler
Noun
  • But nearly a decade since the first city-run ferryboat set sail, the system has been working to win over skeptics.
    — Julia Press, Bloomberg, 22 May 2026
  • Crofton will be the only living person with a Disney ferryboat named after her.
    — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2026
Definition of ferryboat
Noun
  • On Saturday, Bretal and Vega boarded a scalloper and embarked on a fishing trip that took a horrifying turn when their vessel apparently capsized and sank Sunday about 28 miles off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, according to the US Coast Guard.
    — BostonGlobe.com, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Nov. 2019
  • The four men on the scalloper, which had left from New Bedford, Massachusetts, did not appear to be wearing life jackets, Noel said.
    — Ben Kesslen, NBC News, 25 Nov. 2019
Definition of scalloper

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