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Defenition of the word by-catch

    • Defenition of the word by-catch

      • Fish that is caught unintentionally while intending to catch other fish and that is often discarded back into the sea.
      • unwanted marine creatures that are caught in the nets while fishing for another species; "thousands of dolphins and porpoises and whales are killed as part of the by-catch each year"
      • unwanted marine creatures that are caught in the nets while fishing for another species

    Hypernyms for the word by-catch

      • marine animal
      • marine creature
      • sea animal
      • sea creature

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