bycatch
bycatch · bycatches
Beifang
Any fish that are not targeted as a catch but are unintentionally caught, and often…Any fish (or other creatures) that are not targeted as a catch but are unintentionally caught, and often discarded back into the sea.
» Trawling causes a devastating waste of life in the form of bycatch.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)Any fish (or other creatures) that are not targeted as a catch but are unintentionally caught, and often discarded back into the sea.
Beifang
(countable, uncountable)Any person, animal, or thing, captured unintentionally on camera or film.
More definitions
- unwanted marine creatures that are caught in the nets while fishing for another species
Examples
1 sentencesTrawling causes a devastating waste of life in the form of bycatch.
Translations
5 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
unintended catch:
Origin
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Forms
plural: bycatchesSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- unwanted marine creatures that are caught in the nets while fishing for another species:by-catch
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable