retiary

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  1. adjective Of, resembling, or forming a net or web.

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  1. From Latin rēte, net.

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  1. =F. rétiaire, from Latin retiarius, one who fights with a net, properly adjective, pertaining to a net, from rete, a net: see rete.
 

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