Malaise trap

noun

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

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Meanings

nounMalaise trap (plural Malaise traps)

plural Malaise traps

  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

Origin

Invented by René Malaise in 1934.

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APA

Malaise trap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malaise%20trap

MLA

“Malaise trap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malaise%20trap. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Malaise trap,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malaise%20trap.

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