[Ek.man dredge] n [prob. fr. V. W. Ekman d. 1954 Swed. oceanographer] (1948): 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
EKMAN DREDGE
Meaning of EKMAN DREDGE in English
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012