Malaise trap

noun

Malaise trap

noun

Etymology Invented by René Malaise in 1934.

1

A large tent-like structure used for trapping flying insects.

I sincerely hope we’re the only research group to lose Malaise traps to fire, hail, and flood in the same season.2020, Keith M Bayless, David K Yeates, “Australia Malaise trapping disaster update”, in Fly Times, volume 64:

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