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BY-CATCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does by-catch mean?
• BY-CATCH (noun)
The noun BY-CATCH has 1 sense:
1. unwanted marine creatures that are caught in the nets while fishing for another species
Familiarity information: BY-CATCH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unwanted marine creatures that are caught in the nets while fishing for another species
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
by-catch; bycatch
Context example:
thousands of dolphins and porpoises and whales are killed as part of the by-catch each year
Hypernyms ("by-catch" is a kind of...):
marine animal; marine creature; sea animal; sea creature (any of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g. fishes and molluscs and many mammals)
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