dredger
Example Sentences
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Cutter suction dredgers harvest material for further expansion.
On the very first deployment of an underwater camera they observed parallel lines on the seabed which are created when a dredger's gear is dragged across it.
From BBC
They joined dredgers trawling for scallops along the UK coastline.
From BBC
Kinmen residents in recent years have reported seeing an increase in sand dredger vessels from China, which take sand from the ocean floor, as well as fishing ships, close to its coast.
From Seattle Times
"The real problem is when fishing vessels and dredgers encounter unexploded ordnance," says Mr Gooderham.
From BBC
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