livetrap
a trap for capturing a wild animal alive and without injury.
to capture (a wild animal) in a livetrap.
Origin of livetrap
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How to use livetrap in a sentence
For the love of God, Mr. Nestor, will you give me that live-trap on credit!
Seven Short Plays | Lady GregoryOn June 17, 1952, an adult male was found in a live-trap set at one of the brush pile houses in the woodland area.
Ecological Observations on the Woodrat, Neotoma floridana | Henry S. FitchA live trap well baited and placed in some old granary should furnish plenty for class use.
Elementary Zoology, Second Edition | Vernon L. KelloggOn January 15, 1950, an owl attacked an opossum caught in a live-trap.
Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas | Henry S. FitchOne female was taken in a live trap set for rats in the cocoa.
Birds from North Borneo | Max C. Thompson
British Dictionary definitions for live trap
/ (laɪv) /
a box constructed to trap an animal without injuring it
(tr) to catch (an animal) in such a box
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